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弟

Mandarin · pinyin dì#

younger brother
junior male
I (modest word in letter)

Mandarin · pinyin tì#

variant of 悌 tì

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弟: dì · young brother; junior; I, me

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4 · di4

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dai6 · tai5 · tai6 · teoi4

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younger brother
junior male
(literary, humble) I; me (between male friends)
original form of 第 (dì, “sequence”)

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