仁兄

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Chinese

		humane; kernel	elder brother
simp. and trad. (仁兄)		仁	兄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénxiōng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ hing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-heng / lîn-heng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénxiōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénsyong
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-hsiung¹
  - Yale: rén-syūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshiong
  - Palladius: жэньсюн (žɛnʹsjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ hing¹
  - Yale: yàhn hīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ hing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ hing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-heng
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-hing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinhefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-heng
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-hing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linhefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: nyin xjwaeng

Rime
Character	仁	兄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	庚 (112)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如鄰切	許榮切
Baxter	nyin	xjwaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/hˠwiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/hʷᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/xiuaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/hwiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/xiuɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/xĭwɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/xi̯wɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	xiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan⁴	hing¹

Noun

仁兄

(honorific) my dear friend
- 1993, Flirting Scholar, Stephen Chow (actor):
  
  冇，我想葬埋呢位仁兄啫。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
  mou⁵, ngo⁵ soeng² zong³ maai⁴ ni¹ wai⁶ jan⁴ hing¹ ze¹. [Jyutping]
  No, it's because I want to bury this fellow as well.
(honorific, used by a younger brother) my elder brother

仁兄

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