昆仲

Chinese

		descendant; elder brother	2nd in seniority
trad. (昆仲)		昆	仲
simp. #(昆仲)		昆	仲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūnzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ zung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūnzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kunjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹-chung⁴
    • Yale: kwūn-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenjonq
    • Palladius: куньчжун (kunʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ zung⁶
    • Yale: kwān juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kwon drjuwngH

Rime
Character	昆	仲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古渾切	直衆切
Baxter	kwon	drjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/	/ɖɨuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/	/ɖiuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/	/ȡiuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/	/ɖuwŋH/
Li Rong	/kuən/	/ȡiuŋH/
Wang Li	/kuən/	/ȡĭuŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/	/ȡʱi̯uŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn	zhòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1	zung6

Noun

昆仲

1. (archaic) elder and younger brothers; brothers

   • 某君昆仲，今隱其名，皆余昔日在中學校時良友。 [MSC, trad.]
     某君昆仲，今隐其名，皆余昔日在中学校时良友。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary, translated by Wikisource

     Mǒu jūn kūnzhòng, jīn yǐn qí míng, jiē yú xīrì zài zhōngxuéxiào shí liángyǒu. [Pinyin]

     A certain pair of brothers, whose names I shall conceal for now, were both good friends of mine back during our school days.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兄弟
Mandarin	Beijing	哥兒, 弟兄
	Taiwan	兄弟
	Jinan	弟兄, 弟兄們, 兄弟
	Xi'an	弟兄
	Wuhan	弟兄, 兄弟
	Chengdu	弟兄
	Yangzhou	弟兄
	Hefei	弟兄, 兄弟
	Malaysia	兄弟
	Singapore	兄弟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兄弟
	Hong Kong	兄弟
	Taishan	兄弟
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	兄弟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	兄弟
Gan	Nanchang	兄弟
Hakka	Meixian	兄弟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兄弟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兄弟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兄弟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兄弟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兄弟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兄弟
Jin	Taiyuan	弟兄, 兄弟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	兄弟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兄弟, 兄弟哥
	Matsu	兄弟哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	兄弟
	Quanzhou	兄弟
	Zhangzhou	兄弟
	Taipei	兄弟
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	兄弟
	Kaohsiung	兄弟
	Yilan	兄弟
	Changhua (Lukang)	兄弟
	Taichung	兄弟仔
	Tainan	兄弟
	Hsinchu	兄弟仔
	Kinmen	兄弟
	Penghu (Magong)	兄弟
	Penang (Hokkien)	兄弟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	兄弟
	Manila (Hokkien)	兄弟, 兄弟仔
	Chaozhou	兄弟
	Shantou	兄弟
	Haifeng	兄弟
	Singapore (Teochew)	兄弟
	Wenchang	兄弟
	Singapore (Hainanese)	兄弟
Wu	Suzhou	弟兄
	Wenzhou	兄弟
Xiang	Changsha	弟兄, 兄弟
	Shuangfeng	弟兄, 兄弟