WordTaiwan frequency #8,057
小弟
ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ
“younger brother; a humble self-reference to a peer; a male server in restaurants or service industries.”
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小
ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Small; tiny; few; young; junior; humble self-reference; to belittle; bad person; child; concubine.
弟
ㄉㄧˋ
Younger brother; junior male relative; a modest self-reference for 'I' in letters; sometimes refers to a younger female relative; can mean disciple or student; also refers to respecting elder brothers.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 小時ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊhour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes; (archaic or literary) childhood, early years
- 小孩child; young kid; offspring; one's own children
- 國小ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇelementary school (Taiwan)
- 小說ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛa fictional prose narrative of book length; a novel; fiction; a literary work with plot, characters, and theme
- 小姐ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇyoung lady; miss; a polite address for a young woman; (dated or slang) prostitute; (historical) daughter of a wealthy family; (Taiwan) wife; beauty pageant titleholder
- 小朋友ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇchild; kid; used by adults to address a child; in Taiwan, often refers to one's own child.
- 兄弟ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋbrothers; younger brother; a humble self-reference used by men; brotherly; fraternal; male cousins or relatives; states sharing the same surname
- 小心ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣto be careful; to take care; to exercise caution; to be cautious
- 從小ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇfrom childhood; from a young age; since one was young
- 小組ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇa small group; a team; a working unit composed of a few people.
- 弟弟ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋyounger brother; a male sibling born after another; used as a form of address for a younger male relative.
- 大小ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇsize; dimensions; large and small; adults and children; important and unimportant matters; at any rate