兄
elder brother
- Strokes
- 5
- Pinyin
- xiōng
Parts
Built from 兄
Words with 兄
- 仁兄rén xiōng · renxiong(honorific written address) My dear friend
- 令兄lìng xiōng · lingxiongYour esteemed older brother (honorific)
- 兄妹xiōng mèi · xiongmeibrother(s) and sister(s)
- 兄嫂xiōng sǎo · xiongsaoelder brother and his wife
- 兄弟xiōng dì · xiongdibrothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
- 兄台xiōng tái · xiongtaibrother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
- 兄长xiōng zhǎng · xiongzhangelder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
- 内兄nèi xiōng · neixiongwife's older brother
- 六亲liù qīn · liuqinsix 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
- 堂兄táng xiōng · tangxiongolder male patrilineal cousin
- 家兄jiā xiōng · jiaxiong(polite) my elder brother
- 师兄shī xiōng · shixiongsenior male fellow student or apprentice; son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
- 年兄nián xiōng · nianxionglit. older brother; fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
- 弟兄dì xiong · dixiongbrothers; comrade
- 从兄cóng xiōng · congxiongolder male second cousin
- 父兄fù xiōng · fuxiongfather and elder brother(s); head of the family; patriarch
- 盟兄méng xiōng · mengxiongsenior partner in sworn brotherhood
- 砚兄yàn xiōng · yanxiongsenior fellow student
- 继兄jì xiōng · jixiongolder stepbrother
- 老兄lǎo xiōng · laoxiongelder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy
- 胞兄bāo xiōng · baoxiongelder brother born to the same parents
- 表兄biǎo xiōng · biaoxiongolder male cousin through a female relative
- 襟兄jīn xiōng · jinxionghusband of wife's older sister
- 长兄zhǎng xiōng · zhangxiongeldest brother
- 阿兄ā xiōng · axiongelder brother
- 兄弟会xiōng dì huì · xiongdihuifraternity
- 堂兄弟táng xiōng dì · tangxiongdifather's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
- 孔方兄kǒng fāng xiōng · kongfangxiong(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
- 师兄弟shī xiōng dì · shixiongdimale fellow disciples; fellow apprentices
- 弟兄们dì xiōng men · dixiongmenbrothers; comrades; men