弟 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

弟 English definition

  • younger brother
  • junior male
  • I (modest word in letter)

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : rainbow;
  • : (Cant.) plural for pronouns;
  • : 㨨
  • : wife of a younger brother;
  • : emperor;
  • : lone-standing tree;
  • : squeeze out of; extract;
  • : Kerria japonica;
  • : to drop, as liquids; a drop;
  • : pearly;
  • : white jade worn on belt;
  • : a jar without ears;
  • : to look down upon (classical); to see; to look at (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 看[kan4];
  • : tellurium (chemistry);
  • : imperial ancestral sacrifice;
  • : (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc); order; (old) rank in the imperial examinations; mansion; (lit.) but; just;
  • : closely joined; connection; knot;
  • : stem (of fruit);
  • : rainbow;
  • : to examine; truth (Buddhism);
  • : to kick; to tread on;
  • : to hand over; to pass on sth; to gradually increase or decrease; progressively;
  • : Japanese variant of 遞|递;
  • : to go away; to migrate;
  • : fetters; to fetter;

Sentences examples with 弟

  • 和弟弟跑步吧。
    Hé dìdì pǎobù ba.
  • 哥哥比弟弟高。
    Gēgē bǐ dìdì gāo.
  • 在我们家,我最大,我下面还有两个弟弟。
    Zài wǒmen jiā, wǒ zuìdà, wǒ xiàmiàn hái yǒu liǎng gè dìdì.
  • 弟弟正在打篮球。
    Dìdì zhèngzài dǎ lánqiú.
  • 弟弟的个子比我矮。
    Dìdì de gèzi bǐ wǒ ǎi.

Words containing 弟, by HSK level