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堂兄

táng xiōng

2-character word

What 堂兄 means

1. older male patrilineal cousin

The characters in 堂兄

• 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 兄xiōngelder brother

Example sentences

• 我有三个堂兄。
  Wǒ yǒu sān gè tángxiōng.
  I have three cousins.
• 你堂兄叫什幺名字？
  What's your cousin's name?
• 我不知道汤姆是你的堂兄。
  Wǒ bù zhīdào Tāngmǔ shì nǐ de tángxiōng.
  I didn't know Tom was your cousin.

Words starting with 堂兄

• 堂兄弟táng xiōng dìfather's brother's sons; paternal male cousin