昆弟
Chinese
| descendant; elder brother | younger brother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (昆弟) | 昆 | 弟 | |
| simp. #(昆弟) | 昆 | 弟 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kūndì
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kundì
- Wade–Giles: kʻun1-ti4
- Yale: kwūn-dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuendih
- Palladius: куньди (kunʹdi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kwan1 dai6
- Yale: kwān daih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwan1 dai6
- Guangdong Romanization: kuen1 dei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ tɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: kwon dejX|dejH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤu[n] lˤəjʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kuːn diːlʔ|diːls/
Noun
昆弟
- (literary) elder and younger brothers; brothers.
- 天下之達道五，所以行之者三，曰：君臣也，父子也，夫婦也，昆弟也，朋友之交也，五者天下之達道也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Tiānxià zhī dá dào wǔ, suǒyǐ xíng zhī zhě sān, yuē: jūnchén yě, fùzǐ yě, fūfù yě, kūndì yě, péngyǒu zhī jiāo yě, wǔ zhě tiānxià zhī dá dào yě. [Pinyin]
- The duties of universal obligation are five and the virtues wherewith they are practiced are three. The duties are those between sovereign and minister, between father and son, between husband and wife, between elder brother and younger, and those belonging to the intercourse of friends. Those five are the duties of universal obligation.
天下之达道五，所以行之者三，曰：君臣也，父子也，夫妇也，昆弟也，朋友之交也，五者天下之达道也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]