"younger" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
兄弟 xiōng dì n. brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn
妹妹 mèi mei n. younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
弟弟 dì di n. younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
叔叔 shū shu n. father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn
姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man
小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)
难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other syn
大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn
子弟 zǐ dì n. child / the younger generation syn
师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate
姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn
老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn
晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn
表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line
妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn
师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn
表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line
学妹 學妹 xué mèi junior or younger female schoolmate
后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn
小辈 小輩 xiǎo bèi the younger generation syn
弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn
叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn
后辈 後輩 hòu bèi younger generation syn
阿妹 ā mèi younger sister syn
婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn
器重 qì zhòng v. to regard sth as valuable / to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc) syn
嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn
小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law
后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn
年轻化 年輕化 nián qīng huà to make more youthful / to promote younger staff
妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband syn
堂弟 táng dì younger male patrilineal cousin
小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn
弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn
小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law
小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn
长幼 長幼 zhǎng yòu older and younger / seniority
叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn
业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money syn
表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn
后生可畏 後生可畏 hòu shēng kě wèi the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time syn
六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn
婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn
内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother syn
舍弟 shè dì my younger brother (humble term)
昆仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers / elder and younger brother syn
叔母 shū mǔ aunt / wife of father's younger brother syn
婶母 嬸母 shěn mǔ wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn
弟 dì younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) syn
弟 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother / variant of 悌[ti4] syn
弟妇 弟婦 dì fù younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn
姨妹 yí mèi wife's younger sister / sister-in-law
妹 mèi younger sister syn
舍 shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] syn
叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn
贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn
婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn
娣 dì wife of a younger brother syn
悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn
堂妹 táng mèi younger female patrilineal cousin
阿弟 ā dì younger brother syn
学弟 學弟 xué dì junior or younger male schoolmate
叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn
尗 shū legumes (peas and beans) / uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] / old variant of 菽[shu1] / old variant of 叔[shu1]
堂弟妹 táng dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line
表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line
上焌下报 上焌下報 shàng zhēng xià bào (idiom) Sexual relations between a younger-generation man and an older-generation woman, or between an older-generation man and a younger-generation woman.
兄友弟恭 xiōng yǒu dì gōng (idiom) An elder brother shows affection toward his younger brothers, while the younger brothers respect him. It describes mutual affection and respect among siblings.
弟男子侄 dì nán zǐ zhí (idiom) A general term for younger male relatives or men of the younger generation.
提奖后辈 tí jiǎng hòu bèi (idiom) To promote and encourage the younger generation. It means supporting younger or less experienced people.
襟弟 jīn dì husband of wife's younger sister
幼弟 yòu dì younger brother
幼妹 yòu mèi younger sister
下辈 下輩 xià bèi offspring / future generations / younger generation of a family / junior members of a group syn
仁弟 rén dì (honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend syn
叔婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife syn
叔子 shū zi brother-in-law / husband's younger brother
叔祖 shū zǔ grandfather's younger brother syn
康广仁 康廣仁 kāng guǎng rén Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为[Kang1 You3 wei2] and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
白行简 白行簡 bái xíng jiǎn Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
砚兄砚弟 硯兄硯弟 yàn xiōng yàn dì lit. older scholar and younger scholar / close friends (idiom)
砚弟 硯弟 yàn dì younger fellow student
舎 shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] / Japanese variant of 舍[she4]
小龄青年 xiǎo líng qīng nián younger youth
小年人 xiǎo nián rén younger old person / young retiree
俤 dì younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) / variant of 弟[di4]
儿孙自有儿孙福 兒孫自有兒孫福 ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
家叔 jiā shū (polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)
家弟 jiā dì (polite) my younger brother
逆生长 逆生長 nì shēng zhǎng to seem to grow younger / to regain one's youthful looks
堂妹夫 táng mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via male line
堂弟媳 táng dì xí wife of younger male cousin via male line
表妹夫 biǎo mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via female line
表弟媳 biǎo dì xí wife of younger male cousin via female line
仲父 zhòng fù father's younger brother / (sometimes used to refer to Confucius)
蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
低龄化 低齡化 dī líng huà (of a certain group of people, e.g. recreational drug users) to become younger, on average, than before
妹婿 mèi xù brother-in-law (younger sister's husband) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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