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兄弟

xiōng dì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个

兄弟 (xiōng dì) means "brothers". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 兄弟 means

1. brothers
2. younger brother
3. I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
4. brotherly
5. fraternal

The characters in 兄弟

• 兄xiōngelder brother
• 弟dìyounger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)

Example sentences

• 我有兄弟。
  I have brothers.
• 你有兄弟吗？
  Do you have any brothers?
• 他是我兄弟。
  He is my brother.
• 我的兄弟们！
  My brothers!
• 她有三个兄弟。
  She has three brothers.
• 他和我是兄弟。
  He and I are brothers.

Words starting with 兄弟

• 兄弟会xiōng dì huìfraternity
• 兄弟姐妹xiōng dì jiě mèibrothers and sisters; siblings
• 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 兄弟

• 师兄弟shī xiōng dìmale fellow disciples; fellow apprentices
• 堂兄弟táng xiōng dìfather's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
• 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
• 雷曼兄弟Léi màn Xiōng dìLehman Brothers, investment bank
• 继兄弟姐妹jì xiōng dì jiě mèistep-siblings
• 孪生兄弟luán shēng xiōng dìtwin brothers
• 卡拉马佐夫兄弟Kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū Xiōng dìBrothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
• 四海之内皆兄弟sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dìall men are brothers
• 亲兄弟，明算帐qīn xiōng dì , míng suàn zhàngeven with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)

Where 兄弟 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Talent, Personnel & Humanity (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiōng dì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.