弟

Younger brother in Chinese: 弟 (dì)

dì

younger brother

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Definitions

  1. 1younger brother
  2. 2junior male
  3. 3I (modest word in letter)

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弟

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧˋ

dì

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我弟今年八岁。

    wǒ dì jīn nián bā suì。

    My younger brother is eight this year.

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Related words

弟弟

dì di

younger brother

兄弟

xiōng dì

brothers

徒弟

tú dì

apprentice

弟子

dì zǐ

disciple

子弟

zǐ dì

child

第

dì

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth")

第二

dì èr

second

电

diàn

lightning

电话

diàn huà

telephone

电视机

diàn shì jī

television set

电影院

diàn yǐng yuàn

cinema

东边

dōng bian

east

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