(xiōng) - older brother (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
xiōngTraditional: 兄
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Translation
older brother (bound morpheme)
Word origin
An ideographic character showing 口 (kǒu, mouth) over 儿 (a person), picturing the family member who speaks and gives instruction, hence the elder brother.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 口 (kǒu, mouth) + 儿 (a person)
Stroke order
兄
Examples
。
He has two brothers.
，！
Buddy, long time no see!
。
I grew up with my brothers.
。
He is my elder brother.
。
The brother and sister are very close.
兄 (xiōng) is a bound morpheme meaning older brother, found in 兄弟 (xiōng dì) "brothers" and the friendly address 老兄 (lǎo xiōng).
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 兄.
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