兄貴

Chinese

		elder brother	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (兄貴)		兄	貴
simp. (兄贵)		兄	贵

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 兄貴 (aniki).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiōngguì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄍㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiōngguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Syongguèi
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiung¹-kuei⁴
  - Yale: Syūng-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiongguey
  - Palladius: Сюнгуй (Sjunguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

兄貴

(ACG) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor
Synonym: 森之妖精

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兄	貴
あに Grade: 2	き Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あにき [áꜜnìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [a̠ɲ̟ikʲi]

Noun

兄(あに)貴(き) or 兄貴(アニキ) • (aniki)

a big brother (someone who is considered one's senior)
- 1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う？”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き), episode 23, spoken by Tōjirō Kusanagi (Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi and Kenichi Ono), CBC, via TBS:
  
  お父(とう)さん！髪(かみ)長(なが)くてかっこいいね！すごく若(わか)々(わか)しい！
  Otō-san! Kami nagakute kakkoī ne! Sugoku wakawakashii!
  Dad! You looked so cool with long hair! And so young!
  そりゃ兄(あに)貴(き)だ。
  Sorya aniki da.
  That’s my brother.
(slang) a big bro (gang leader)
- 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “なくな!ゆうれい”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 55:
  
  ゴン助(すけ)とはなんだ！
  兄(あに)きのことは、ゴッドファーザーとよんでもらおう。
  Gonsuke to wa nan da!
  Aniki no koto wa, Goddofāzā to yonde moraō.
  What’s Gonsuke?
  Call him Godfather, okay?

See also

兄(あに)貴(き)分(ぶん) (anikibun, “senior group member”)
兄(あに)貴(き)風(かぜ)を吹(ふ)かす (anikikaze o fukasu, “to act patronizingly”)
姉(あね)貴(き) (aneki)
弟(おとうと) (otōto)

Proper noun

兄(あに)貴(き) or 兄貴(アニキ) • (Aniki)

(informal) A nickname for older or muscular men, but especially including:
1. (Internet slang) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor
  Synonym: 森の妖精 (Mori no Yōsei)

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