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兄

xiōng

HSK 5 Character

What 兄 means

1. elder brother

Example sentences

• 我有兄弟。
  I have brothers.
• 你有兄弟吗？
  Do you have any brothers?
• 我大兄单身。
  My oldest brother is single.
• 他是我兄弟。
  He is my brother.
• 我的兄弟们！
  My brothers!
• 他是你的师兄。
  Tā shì nǐ de shīxiōng.
  He's your senior fellow apprentice.

Words starting with 兄

• 兄弟xiōng dìbrothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
• 兄妹xiōng mèibrother(s) and sister(s)
• 兄长xiōng zhǎngelder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
• 兄台xiōng táibrother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
• 兄弟会xiōng dì huìfraternity
• 兄弟姐妹xiōng dì jiě mèibrothers and sisters; siblings
• 兄嫂xiōng sǎoelder brother and his wife
• 兄弟阋墙xiōng dì xì qiánginternecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
• 兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔinternal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)

Words containing 兄

• 师兄shī xiōngsenior male fellow student or apprentice; son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
• 弟兄dì xiongbrothers; comrade
• 老兄lǎo xiōngelder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old…
• 仁兄rén xiōng(honorific written address) My dear friend
• 堂兄táng xiōngolder male patrilineal cousin
• 表兄biǎo xiōngolder male cousin through a female relative
• 师兄弟shī xiōng dìmale fellow disciples; fellow apprentices
• 长兄zhǎng xiōngeldest brother
• 父兄fù xiōngfather and elder brother(s); head of the family; patriarch
• 令兄lìng xiōngYour esteemed older brother (honorific)
• 内兄nèi xiōngwife's older brother
• 家兄jiā xiōng(polite) my elder brother
• 年兄nián xiōnglit. older brother; fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
• 从兄cóng xiōngolder male second cousin
• 盟兄méng xiōngsenior partner in sworn brotherhood
• 继兄jì xiōngolder stepbrother
• 阿兄ā xiōngelder brother
• 堂兄弟táng xiōng dìfather's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
• 弟兄们dì xiōng menbrothers; comrades; men
• 把兄弟bǎ xiōng dìsworn brothers
• 盟兄弟méng xiōng dìsworn brother
• 表兄弟biǎo xiōng dìmale cousin through a female relative
• 华纳兄弟Huá nà Xiōng dìWarner Brothers
• 双生兄弟shuāng shēng xiōng dìtwin brothers

Characters that look like 兄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 尼níBuddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 充chōngsufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
• 厄èdistressed
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum
• 旯láused in 旮旯

Sounds the same

Read xiōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胸chest; bosom; heart
• 凶terrible; fearful
• 汹torrential rush; tumultuous
• 芎used in 芎䓖; Taiwan pr. qiōng
• 恟scared, nervous
• 匈Hungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利
• 㐫old variant of 凶