xiōng

  1. xiōng noun elder brother
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Sun 2006, loc. 1307; Unihan '兄')
  2. xiōng suffix brother; comrade; appended after a male's name
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense, 兄 is often appended after somebody's name in the Confucian practice of 称兄道弟 'to call each other brothers.' For example, 陈兄 'brother Chen.' (Sun 2006, loc. 1307)

Contained in

Also contained in

雷曼兄弟中大兄皇子华纳兄弟

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

Collocations