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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

兄弟

see styles
xiōng dì
    xiong1 di4
hsiung ti
 kyoudai(p); keitei / kyodai(p); kete
    きょうだい(P); けいてい

More info & calligraphy:

Brothers
brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
(1) (See ご兄弟) siblings; brothers and sisters; (2) brothers; (3) siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law; (4) (familiar language) (masculine speech) mate; friend; (personal name) Kyōdai
Elder and younger brothers; brother, brethren, i. e. members of the fraternity.

御兄弟

see styles
 gokyoudai / gokyodai
    ごきょうだい

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Brothers and Sisters
(honorific or respectful language) siblings; brothers and sisters

see styles
zhòng
    zhong4
chung
 naka
    なか
second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers
relation; relationship; (personal name) Nakamura

see styles

    bo2
po
 haku
    はく
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
(1) count; earl; (2) (hist) (See 神祇官・2) chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); (3) (abbreviation) (See 伯剌西爾・ブラジル) Brazil; (surname, given name) Haku
eldest brother (?)

see styles
mèng
    meng4
meng
 mou / mo
    もう
first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers
(surname, given name) Mou
Eldest, first; Mencius; rude.

see styles

    ji4
chi
 ki
    き
season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields
(1) season (in nature, sports, etc.); (2) seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); (3) (See 一季・2,半季・1) year; (surname) Ri

仲兄

see styles
 chuukei / chuke
    ちゅうけい
the younger of two elder brothers

伯叔

see styles
bó shū
    bo2 shu1
po shu
 hakushuku
    はくしゅく
father's brother (uncle); husband's brother (brother-in-law)
brothers; one's father's brothers

六親


六亲

see styles
liù qīn
    liu4 qin1
liu ch`in
    liu chin
 rokushin
    ろくしん
six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3]; one's kin
the six blood relations
The six immediate relations— father and mother, wife and child, elder and younger brothers.

同胞

see styles
tóng bāo
    tong2 bao1
t`ung pao
    tung pao
 douhou(p); doubou; harakara(gikun) / doho(p); dobo; harakara(gikun)
    どうほう(P); どうぼう; はらから(gikun)
born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

哥們


哥们

see styles
gē men
    ge1 men5
ko men
Brothers!; brethren; dude (colloquial); brother (diminutive form of address between males)

哥兒


哥儿

see styles
gē r
    ge1 r5
ko r
brothers; boys

大叔

see styles
dà shū
    da4 shu1
ta shu
eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)

妯娌

see styles
zhóu li
    zhou2 li5
chou li
wives of brothers; sisters-in-law

子弟

see styles
zǐ dì
    zi3 di4
tzu ti
 shitei / shite
    してい
child; the younger generation
(1) children; sons; children and younger brothers; (2) young people

弟兄

see styles
dì xiong
    di4 xiong5
ti hsiung
brothers; comrade

悌睦

see styles
tì mù
    ti4 mu4
t`i mu
    ti mu
to live at peace as brothers

手足

see styles
shǒu zú
    shou3 zu2
shou tsu
 teashi(p); shusoku
    てあし(P); しゅそく
hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices
(1) hands and feet; limbs; (2) person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
hand and feet

昆仲

see styles
kūn zhòng
    kun1 zhong4
k`un chung
    kun chung
(literary) brothers; elder and younger brother

昆弟

see styles
 kontei / konte
    こんてい
(archaism) brothers

神交

see styles
shén jiāo
    shen2 jiao1
shen chiao
soul brothers; friends in spirit who have never met; to commune with

結拜


结拜

see styles
jié bài
    jie2 bai4
chieh pai
to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers)

蘭譜


兰谱

see styles
lán pǔ
    lan2 pu3
lan p`u
    lan pu
lit. directory of orchids; fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers)

迦葉


迦叶

see styles
jiā shě
    jia1 she3
chia she
 kashou / kasho
    かしょう
(person) Kasyapa (Hindu sage); Kashou
(迦葉波) kāśyapa, 迦攝 (迦攝波) inter alia 'a class of divine beings similar to or equal to prajāpati'; the father 'of gods, demons, men, fish, reptiles, and all animals'; also 'a constellation'. M.W. It is intp. as 'drinking light', i.e. swallowing sun and moon, but without apparent justification. (1) One of the seven or ten ancient Indian sages. (2) Name of a tribe or race. (3) Kāśyapa Buddha, the third of the five buddhas of the present kalpa, the sixth of the seven ancient buddhas. (4) Mahākāśyapa, a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, and after his death became leader of the disciples, 'convoked and directed the first synod, whence his title Ārya Sthavira (上坐, lit. chairman) is derived.' Eitel. He is accounted the chief of the ascetics before the enlightenment; the first compiler of the canon and the first patriarch. (5) There were five Kāśyapas, disciples of the Buddha, Mahā-Kāśyapa, Uruvilā-Kāśyapa, Gayā-Kāśyapa, Nadī-Kāśyapa, and Daśabala-Kāśyapa; the second, third, and fourth are said to have been brothers. (6) A bodhisattva, whose name heads a chapter in the Nirvana Sutra. (7) 迦葉摩騰 Kāśyapa-Mātaṅga, the monk who with Gobharana, or Dharmarakṣa, i.e. Zhu Falan 竺法蘭, according to Buddhist statements, brought images and scriptures to China with the commissioners sent by Mingdi, arriving in Luoyang A.D. 67.

連襟


连襟

see styles
lián jīn
    lian2 jin1
lien chin
husbands of sisters; brothers-in-law; extremely close (of a relationship)

隔山

see styles
gé shān
    ge2 shan1
ko shan
 kakuyama
    かくやま
half-sibling relationship; brothers with different mother; step-
(surname) Kakuyama

ご兄弟

see styles
 gokyoudai / gokyodai
    ごきょうだい
(honorific or respectful language) siblings; brothers and sisters

三迦葉


三迦叶

see styles
sān jiā yè
    san1 jia1 ye4
san chia yeh
 san Kashō
Three brothers Kāsyapa, all three said to be disciples of the Buddha.

半託迦


半讬迦

see styles
bàn tuō jiā
    ban4 tuo1 jia1
pan t`o chia
    pan to chia
 Hantaka
(or 半他迦) ; 槃陀 (槃陀迦); 槃特 Panthaka, born on the road; a road; two brothers— one born by a main road, the other by a path— who both became arhats.

富樓那


富楼那

see styles
fù lóu nà
    fu4 lou2 na4
fu lou na
 Fūruna
Pūrṇa; also富樓那彌多羅尼子 and other similar phonetic forms; Pūrṇamaitrāyaṇīputra, or Maitrāyaṇīputra, a disciple of Śākyamuni, son of Bhava by a slave girl, often confounded with Maitreya. The chief preacher among the ten principal disciples of Śākyamuni; ill-treated by his brother, engaged in business, saved his brothers from shipwreck by conquering Indra through samādhi; built a vihāra for Śākyamuni; expected to reappear as 法明如來 Dharmaprabhāsa Buddha.

弟兄們


弟兄们

see styles
dì xiōng men
    di4 xiong1 men5
ti hsiung men
brothers; comrades; men; brethren

把兄弟

see styles
bǎ xiōng dì
    ba3 xiong1 di4
pa hsiung ti
sworn brothers

拜把子

see styles
bài bǎ zi
    bai4 ba3 zi5
pai pa tzu
to become sworn brothers

水滸伝

see styles
 suikoden
    すいこでん
The Water Margin (classic of Chinese literature); Outlaws of the Marsh; All Men are Brothers; (wk) The Water Margin (classic of Chinese literature); Outlaws of the Marsh; All Men are Brothers

江迦葉


江迦叶

see styles
jiāng jiā shě
    jiang1 jia1 she3
chiang chia she
 Kō kashō
River- or Nadī-kāśyapa, one of the three Kāśyapa brothers: v. 三迦棄.

男兄弟

see styles
 otokokyoudai / otokokyodai
    おとこきょうだい
brothers; male siblings

程朱学

see styles
 teishugaku / teshugaku
    ていしゅがく
(rare) (See 宋学) neo-Confucianism (based on the teaching of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi)

穴兄弟

see styles
 anakyoudai / anakyodai
    あなきょうだい
(vulgar) (slang) (See 竿姉妹) men who have had sex with the same woman; hole brothers

金蘭譜


金兰谱

see styles
jīn lán pǔ
    jin1 lan2 pu3
chin lan p`u
    chin lan pu
(old) genealogical records of sworn brothers, each keeping a copy

おなり神

see styles
 onarigami
    おなりがみ
(belief in) spiritual power possessed by sisters to protect their brothers (in the Ryukyu Islands)

二十億耳


二十亿耳

see styles
èr shí yì ěr
    er4 shi2 yi4 er3
erh shih i erh
 Nijūoku ni
Sroṇakoṭīviṁśa. Defined as the most zealous of Śākyamuni's disciples, who became an arhat. Having lived in a heaven for ninety-one kalpas, where his feet did not touch the ground, he was born with hair on his soles two inches long, an omen which led his father and brothers to endow him with twenty kotis of ounces of gold, hence this name. v. 智度論 22.

伯仲叔季

see styles
bó zhòng shū jì
    bo2 zhong4 shu1 ji4
po chung shu chi
eldest; second; third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers

兄弟喧嘩

see styles
 kyoudaigenka / kyodaigenka
    きょうだいげんか
(noun/participle) quarrel between brothers

兄弟姉妹

see styles
 kyoudaishimai; keiteishimai / kyodaishimai; keteshimai
    きょうだいしまい; けいていしまい
brothers and sisters; siblings

兄弟姐妹

see styles
xiōng dì jiě mèi
    xiong1 di4 jie3 mei4
hsiung ti chieh mei
brothers and sisters; siblings

四海兄弟

see styles
 shikaikeitei / shikaikete
    しかいけいてい
(expression) (yoji) people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood

孔融讓梨


孔融让梨

see styles
kǒng róng ràng lí
    kong3 rong2 rang4 li2
k`ung jung jang li
    kung jung jang li
Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty

孿生兄弟


孪生兄弟

see styles
luán shēng xiōng dì
    luan2 sheng1 xiong1 di4
luan sheng hsiung ti
twin brothers

山海空市

see styles
shān hǎi kōng shì
    shan1 hai3 kong1 shi4
shan hai k`ung shih
    shan hai kung shih
 san kai kū shi
Mountains, seas, the sky, the (busy) market place' cannot conceal one from the eye of 無常 Impermanence, the messenger of death, a phrase summing up a story of four brothers who tried to use their miraculous power to escape death by hiding in the mountains, seas, sky, and market places. The one in the market place was the first to be reported as dead, 法句經 2.

情同手足

see styles
qíng tóng shǒu zú
    qing2 tong2 shou3 zu2
ch`ing t`ung shou tsu
    ching tung shou tsu
as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers; deep friendship; closely attached to one another

曽我兄弟

see styles
 sogakyoudai / sogakyodai
    そがきょうだい
(person) Soga brothers (Soga Sukenari and Soga Tokimune, samurai in the early Kamakura period, known for the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident)

華納兄弟


华纳兄弟

see styles
huá nà xiōng dì
    hua2 na4 xiong1 di4
hua na hsiung ti
Warner Brothers

藥上菩薩


药上菩萨

see styles
yào shàng pú sà
    yao4 shang4 pu2 sa4
yao shang p`u sa
    yao shang pu sa
 Yakujō bosatsu
Bhaiṣajyasamudgata, bodhisattva of healing, he whose office, together with his brother, is to heal the sick. He is described as the younger of two brothers, the elder of whom is the 藥王 below.

藥王菩薩


药王菩萨

see styles
yào wáng pú sà
    yao4 wang2 pu2 sa4
yao wang p`u sa
    yao wang pu sa
 Yakuō Bosatsu
Bhaiṣajya-rāja Bodhisattva, the elder of the two brothers, who was the first to decide on his career as bodhisattva of healing, and led his younger brother to adopt the same course; see above. They are also styled Pure-eyed and Pure-treasury, which may indicate diagnosis and treatment. He is referred to in the Lotus Sutra as offering his arms as a brunt sacrifice to his Buddha.

親如手足


亲如手足

see styles
qīn rú shǒu zú
    qin1 ru2 shou3 zu2
ch`in ju shou tsu
    chin ju shou tsu
as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship

雙生兄弟


双生兄弟

see styles
shuāng shēng xiōng dì
    shuang1 sheng1 xiong1 di4
shuang sheng hsiung ti
twin brothers

難兄難弟


难兄难弟

see styles
nàn xiōng nàn dì
    nan4 xiong1 nan4 di4
nan hsiung nan ti
brothers in hardship (idiom); fellow sufferers; in the same boat

雲兄水弟


云兄水弟

see styles
yún xiōng shuǐ dì
    yun2 xiong1 shui3 di4
yün hsiung shui ti
 unpin suitei
雲衆水衆 Brothers or men of the clouds and waters, fellow-monks.

雲衆水衆


云众水众

see styles
yún zhòng shuǐ zhòng
    yun2 zhong4 shui3 zhong4
yün chung shui chung
 unshu suishu
brothers of the clouds and waters

雷曼兄弟

see styles
léi màn xiōng dì
    lei2 man4 xiong1 di4
lei man hsiung ti
Lehman Brothers, investment bank

ブラザース

see styles
 burazaazu / burazazu
    ブラザーズ
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names); (personal name) Brothers

ライト兄弟

see styles
 raitokyoudai / raitokyodai
    ライトきょうだい
(person) The Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright)

兄弟げんか

see styles
 kyoudaigenka / kyodaigenka
    きょうだいげんか
(noun/participle) quarrel between brothers

周利槃陀加


周利盘陀加

see styles
zhōu lì pán tuó jiā
    zhou1 li4 pan2 tuo2 jia1
chou li p`an t`o chia
    chou li pan to chia
 Shūrihandake
(or 周梨槃陀加) Kṣudrapanthaka; little (or mean) path. Twin brothers were born on the road, one called Śuddhipanthaka, Purity-path, the other born soon after and called as above, intp. 小路 small road, and 繼道 successor by the road. The elder was clever, the younger stupid, not even remembering his name, but became one of the earliest disciples of Buddha, and finally an arhat. The records are uncertain and confusing. Also 周利般兎; 周稚般他迦, 周利槃特 (周利槃特迦); 朱茶半託迦; 周陀.

玄武門之變


玄武门之变

see styles
xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn
    xuan2 wu3 men2 zhi1 bian4
hsüan wu men chih pien
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗

迦葉三兄弟


迦叶三兄弟

see styles
jiā yè sān xiōng dì
    jia1 ye4 san1 xiong1 di4
chia yeh san hsiung ti
 Kashō san kyōdai
three Kāśyapa brothers

難陀跋難陀


难陀跋难陀

see styles
nán tuó bán án tuó
    nan2 tuo2 ban2 an2 tuo2
nan t`o pan an t`o
    nan to pan an to
 Nanda Batsunanda
Nanda Upananda, two nāga brothers, who protected Magadha.

Variations:
ご兄弟
御兄弟

see styles
 gokyoudai / gokyodai
    ごきょうだい
(honorific or respectful language) (See 兄弟・1) siblings; brothers and sisters

卡拉馬佐夫兄弟


卡拉马佐夫兄弟

see styles
kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū xiōng dì
    ka3 la1 ma3 zuo3 fu1 xiong1 di4
k`a la ma tso fu hsiung ti
    ka la ma tso fu hsiung ti
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]

四海之內皆兄弟


四海之内皆兄弟

see styles
sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì
    si4 hai3 zhi1 nei4 jie1 xiong1 di4
ssu hai chih nei chieh hsiung ti
all men are brothers

リーマンショック

see styles
 riimanshokku / rimanshokku
    リーマンショック
economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 (wasei: Lehman Shock)

リーマン・ショック

see styles
 riiman shokku / riman shokku
    リーマン・ショック
economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 (wasei: Lehman Shock)

リーマンブラザーズ

see styles
 riimanburazaazu / rimanburazazu
    リーマンブラザーズ
(company) Lehman Brothers; (c) Lehman Brothers

ワーナーブラザーズ

see styles
 waanaaburazaazu / wanaburazazu
    ワーナーブラザーズ
(company) Warner Brothers; (c) Warner Brothers

ブルックスブラザーズ

see styles
 burukkusuburazaazu / burukkusuburazazu
    ブルックスブラザーズ
(personal name) Brooks Brothers

リーマン・ブラザーズ

see styles
 riiman burazaazu / riman burazazu
    リーマン・ブラザーズ
(company) Lehman Brothers; (c) Lehman Brothers

Variations:
兄弟喧嘩
兄弟げんか

see styles
 kyoudaigenka / kyodaigenka
    きょうだいげんか
(noun/participle) quarrel between brothers

ブルースブラザース2000

see styles
 buruusuburazaasutsuusauzando / burusuburazasutsusauzando
    ブルースブラザースツーサウザンド
(work) Blues Brothers 2000 (film); (wk) Blues Brothers 2000 (film)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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