小弟
Chinese
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
younger brother | ||
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simp. and trad. (小弟) |
小 | 弟 |
Pronunciation
Noun
小弟
- little brother; younger brother
- minion; henchman
- (Taiwan, Thailand) male server
- (slang, euphemistic) penis; dick
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 弟弟 (“younger brother”) [map]
- (male server): (Malaysia, Thailand) 阿弟 (ādì)
Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Entry #328”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 弟 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
てい Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːte̞ː]
Noun
小弟 • (shōtei)
- (humble, dated) little brother; younger brother
- (humble, figurative) me, I (male)
- 2015 [1865], Sakamoto Ryōma, Sakamoto Ryōma zen sho kanshū [Complete works of Sakamoto Ryōma], page 112:
- 会津ニハおもいがけぬ人物ニてありたり。其時小弟ハ土佐人高坂龍次郎と申て出かけ、色々おかしき談ありしが、変りたる事なし。
- Aizu ni wa omoigakenu jinbutsu ni te aritari. Sono toki shōtei wa Tosa jin Kōsaka Ryūjirō to mōshite dekake, iroiro okashiki dan arishi ga, kawaritaru koto nashi.
- In Aizu the people are beyond belief. At that time, I went with a fellow called Kōsaka Ryujiro of Tosa, and although we engaged in various strange talks, nothing changed.
- 会津ニハおもいがけぬ人物ニてありたり。其時小弟ハ土佐人高坂龍次郎と申て出かけ、色々おかしき談ありしが、変りたる事なし。
Usage notes
The word is a humble term (謙譲語 (kenjōgo)) typically used to refer to one’s own brother or oneself, thereby showing respect to the addressee.
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