兄 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

• 师兄弟(師兄弟) fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
• 年兄 older brother; fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
• 令兄 Your esteemed older brother (honorific)
• 弟兄们(弟兄們) brothers; comrades; men; brethren
• 卡拉马佐夫兄弟(卡拉馬佐夫兄弟) Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
• 盟兄 senior partner in sworn brotherhood
• 父兄 father and elder brother(s); head of the family; patriarch
• 兄弟 brothers ; younger brother ; your brother [humble] ; males of the same family clan ; compatriots ; equally matched males ; comrades ; [criminal] gang member
• 砚兄(硯兄) senior fellow student
• 把兄弟 sworn brothers
• 兄嫂 elder brother and his wife
• 兄弟会(兄弟會) fraternity
• 兄妹 brother(s) and sister(s)
• 表兄 older male cousin via female line
• 阿兄 elder brother
• 四海之内皆兄弟(四海之內皆兄弟) all men are brothers
• 兄弟阋墙(兄弟鬩牆) fighting among one's own
• 襟兄 husband of wife's older sister
• 盟兄弟 sworn brother
• 女兄 older sister; elder sister
• 堂兄 an older male cousin
• 兄弟姐妹 brothers and sisters; siblings
• 兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮(兄弟鬩於墻，外禦其侮) internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside
• 长兄(長兄) eldest brother ; sir
• 内兄(內兄) wife's older brother
• 弟兄 brothers
• 兄长(兄長) elder brother
• 师兄(師兄) fellow student ; son of your teacher
• 同胞兄妹 sibling
• 家兄 elder brother
• 老兄 brother; comrade
• 表兄弟 male cousins in a female line
• 堂兄弟 father's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
• 难兄难弟(難兄難弟) hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother; one is just as bad as the other ; brothers in hardship; fellow sufferers
• 称兄道弟(稱兄道弟) to call each other brothers
• 亲兄弟，明算帐(親兄弟，明算帳) even with your own brother, keep clear accounts
• 仁兄 my dear friend
• 从兄(從兄) older male second cousin
• 兄台(兄臺) brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
• 兄终弟及(兄終弟及) passing of a feudal title from elder to younger brother
• 双生兄弟(雙生兄弟) twin brothers

Also contained in

雷曼兄弟 、 中大兄皇子 、 华纳兄弟

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Truncated for common words

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Collocations

• 其父兄 (其父兄) 非其父兄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
• 兄之子 (兄之子) 弒其君兄之子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 事兄 (事兄) 所求乎弟以事兄 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《中庸》 The State of Equilibrium and Harmony, also known as the Doctrine of the Mean — count: 7
• 兄爱 (兄愛) 兄愛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 母兄 (母兄) 母兄稱兄 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 兄事 (兄事) 十年以長則兄事之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 4
• 兄兄 (兄兄) 兄兄 — Book of Changes 易經, 家人 Jia Ren — count: 4
• 杀兄 (殺兄) 周公殺兄 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 3
• 兄宜 (兄宜) 宜兄宜弟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧蓼蕭 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Liao Xiao — count: 3
• 称兄 (稱兄) 母兄稱兄 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3