弟 dì

1. dì noun younger brother
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Family
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '弟'; Guoyu '弟' n 1; Unihan '弟'; Sun 2006, loc. 1307)
2. dì noun junior male
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family
   Notes: (Unihan '弟')
3. dì noun order; rank
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '弟' n 2)
4. dì noun disciple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '弟' n 3)
5. tì verb to do one's duty as a younger brother
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A variant of 悌. For example, 孝弟也者，其為仁之本與 'Filial piety and fraternal submission! - are they not the root of all benevolent actions?.' (Lunyu 1:2; Guoyu '弟' tì v)
6. dì noun me
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A humble way to refer to one's self (Sun 2006, loc. 1307)
7. tì adverb but
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '弟' tì adv)

Contained in

• 卡拉马佐夫兄弟(卡拉馬佐夫兄弟) Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
• 弟媳 younger brother's wife; sister-in-law
• 兄弟 brothers ; younger brother ; your brother [humble] ; males of the same family clan ; compatriots ; equally matched males ; comrades ; [criminal] gang member
• 兄弟姐妹 brothers and sisters; siblings
• 称兄道弟(稱兄道弟) to call each other brothers
• 扶弟魔 woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother
• 盟兄弟 sworn brother
• 亲兄弟，明算帐(親兄弟，明算帳) even with your own brother, keep clear accounts
• 堂弟 younger male patrilineal cousin
• 阿弟 younger brother
• 兄弟阋墙(兄弟鬩牆) fighting among one's own
• 学弟(學弟) junior or younger male schoolmate
• 弟子职(弟子職) responsibilities of a disciple
• 岂弟(豈弟) harmonious; merry
• 内弟(內弟) wife's younger brother
• 梨园子弟(梨園子弟) Chinese opera performers
• 从弟(從弟) younger male cousin
• 纨裤子弟(紈褲子弟) dandy; fop; lounge lizard
• 表弟 younger male cousin via female line
• 子弟 later generations ; army recruits ; one who frequents brothels ; actor; actress
• 农家子弟(農家子弟) descended from a rural family
• 幼弟 younger brother
• 砚弟(硯弟) younger fellow student
• 故家子弟 descended from an old family
• 佛门弟子(佛門弟子) a Buddhist; a Buddhist disciple
• 表弟媳 wife of younger male cousin via female line
• 兄弟会(兄弟會) fraternity
• 佳子弟 outstanding later generations
• 贤弟(賢弟) worthy little brother
• 师弟(師弟) teacher and student; master and disciple ; brother
• 令弟 honorable little brother
• 弟妇(弟婦) younger brother's wife; sister-in-law
• 表弟妹 wife of younger male cousin via female line; younger cousins via female line
• 盟弟 junior partner in sworn brotherhood
• 弟子 disciple; follower; student ; youngster ; prostitute ; believer
• 襟弟 husband of wife's younger sister
• 关门弟子(關門弟子) last disciple of a master
• 堂兄弟 father's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
• 师兄弟(師兄弟) fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
• 难兄难弟(難兄難弟) hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother; one is just as bad as the other ; brothers in hardship; fellow sufferers
• 误人子弟(誤人子弟) (of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress; (of media) to propagate errors
• 弟兄 brothers
• 介弟 your younger brother
• 小弟 me; naive me ; younger brother
• 老弟 my boy; old pal
• 姐弟恋(姐弟戀) love between an older woman and a younger man
• 御弟 emperor's young brother
• 表兄弟 male cousins in a female line

Also contained in

华纳兄弟 、 雷曼兄弟 、 弟妹

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷26　志第21 百官上 Volume 26 Treatises 21: Government Offices 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 84
• 卷一百　　列傳第八十八:　序傳 Volume 100 Biographies 88: Preface to Biographies History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 65
• 卷19下 景穆十二王下 Volume 19c: Emperor Jingmu Twelve Princes 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 54
• 卷二十六　列傳第十四:　宋隱 許彥 刁雍 辛紹先 韋閬 杜銓 Volume 26 Biographies 14: Song Yin, Xu Yan, Diao Yong, Xin Shaoxian, Weu Lang, Du Quan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 47
• 卷21上 獻文六王上 Volume 21a: Emperor Xianwen's Six Princes 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 46
• 卷三十三　列傳第二十一:　李靈 李順 李孝伯 李裔 李義深 Volume 33 Biographies 21: History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 46
• 卷三十　　列傳第十八:　盧玄 盧柔 盧觀 盧同 盧誕 Volume 30 Biographies 18: Lu Xuan, Lu Rou, Lu Guan, Lu Tong, Lu Dan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 44
• 卷32 高湖 崔逞 封懿 Volume 32: Gao Hu, Cui Cheng, Feng Yi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 43
• 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 42
• 卷三十七 列傳第七 宗室 Volume 37 Biographies 7: Imperial Clan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 42

Collocations

• 母弟 (母弟) 昏棄厥遺王父母弟 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 牧誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Mu — count: 32
• 长兄弟 (長兄弟) 献长兄弟于阼阶上 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 特牲馈食礼 第十五 15. Rites of the single victim food offering — count: 15
• 弟辰 (弟辰) 與母弟辰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 13
• 称弟 (稱弟) 凡稱弟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 7
• 弟叔 (弟叔) 弟叔失道而公弗制 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧將仲子 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiang Zhong Zi — count: 7
• 弟招 (弟招) 陳侯之弟招 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
• 公弟 (公弟) 公弟叔肸卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
• 宜弟 (宜弟) 宜兄宜弟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧蓼蕭 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Liao Xiao — count: 5
• 弟达 (弟達) 而弟達乎朝廷矣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 5
• 弟鍼 (弟鍼) 秦伯之弟鍼如晉脩成 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5