xiōng

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Definitions

  1. 1. elder brother

Example Sentences

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我有 弟。
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Words Containing 兄

兄弟
xiōng dì

brothers

仁兄
rén xiōng

(honorific written address) My dear friend

兄妹
xiōng mèi

brother(s) and sister(s)

兄嫂
xiōng sǎo

elder brother and his wife

兄弟姐妹
xiōng dì jiě mèi

brothers and sisters

兄弟会
xiōng dì huì

fraternity

兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ

internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)

兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng

internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself

兄台
xiōng tái

brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)

兄长
xiōng zhǎng

elder brother

卡拉马佐夫兄弟
kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū xiōng dì

Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī]

同胞兄妹
tóng bāo xiōng mèi

sibling

四海之内皆兄弟
sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì

all men are brothers

堂兄弟
táng xiōng dì

father's brother's sons

孔方兄
kǒng fāng xiōng

(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)

孪生兄弟
luán shēng xiōng dì

twin brothers

家兄
jiā xiōng

(polite) my elder brother

师兄
shī xiōng

senior male fellow student or apprentice

师兄弟
shī xiōng dì

fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)

年兄
nián xiōng

fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations

弟兄
dì xiong

brothers

弟兄们
dì xiōng men

brothers

把兄弟
bǎ xiōng dì

sworn brothers

父兄
fù xiōng

father and elder brother(s)

盟兄
méng xiōng

senior partner in sworn brotherhood

盟兄弟
méng xiōng dì

sworn brother

砚兄
yàn xiōng

senior fellow student

老兄
lǎo xiōng

elder brother (often used self-referentially)

华纳兄弟
huá nà xiōng dì

Warner Brothers

表兄弟
biǎo xiōng dì

male cousins via female line

亲兄弟,明算帐
qīn xiōng dì , míng suàn zhàng

even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)

长兄
zhǎng xiōng

eldest brother

阿兄
ā xiōng

elder brother

双生兄弟
shuāng shēng xiōng dì

twin brothers

难兄难弟
nán xiōng nán dì

lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)

难兄难弟
nàn xiōng nàn dì

brothers in hardship (idiom)

雷曼兄弟
léi màn xiōng dì

Lehman Brothers, investment bank