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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
大 dà	大 \| 大* \| *大	big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)	HSK 1


哥 gē	哥 \| 哥* \| *哥	elder brother	HSK 1


哥哥 gēge	哥哥 \| 哥哥* \| *哥哥	older brother / CL: 個｜个, 位	HSK 1


叔叔 shūshu	叔叔 \| 叔叔* \| *叔叔	father's younger brother; paternal uncle / form of address used by children for a male one generation older	HSK 4


兄弟 xiōngdì	兄弟 \| 兄弟* \| *兄弟	brothers / younger brother / CL: 個｜个 / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal	HSK 4


弟 dì	弟 \| 弟* \| *弟	younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)	HSK 1


大媽 dàmā	大媽 \| 大媽* \| *大媽	father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)	大妈 HSK 4


大哥 dàgē	大哥 \| 大哥* \| *大哥	eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss	HSK 4


弟弟 dìdi	弟弟 \| 弟弟* \| *弟弟	younger brother / CL: 個｜个, 位	HSK 1


季 jì	季 \| 季* \| *季	season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields	HSK 4


大爺 dàye	大爺 \| 大爺* \| *大爺	(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man	大爷 HSK 4


伯母 bómǔ	伯母 \| 伯母* \| *伯母	wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL: 個｜个	HSK 7-9


伯父 bófù	伯父 \| 伯父* \| *伯父	father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL: 個｜个	HSK 7-9


兄弟姐妹 xiōngdìjiěmèi	兄弟姐妹 \| 兄弟姐妹* \| *兄弟姐妹	brothers and sisters / siblings


兄妹 xiōngmèi	兄妹 \| 兄妹* \| *兄妹	brother(s) and sister(s)


媳婦 xífù	媳婦 \| 媳婦* \| *媳婦	daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation	媳妇 HSK 7-9


伯叔 bóshū	伯叔 \| 伯叔* \| *伯叔	father's brother (uncle) / husband's brother (brother-in-law)


手足 shǒuzú	手足 \| 手足* \| *手足	hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices


雷曼兄弟 Léimàn Xiōngdì	雷曼兄弟 \| 雷曼兄弟* \| *雷曼兄弟	Lehman Brothers, investment bank


弟妹 dìmèi	弟妹 \| 弟妹* \| *弟妹	younger sibling / younger brother's wife


弟兄們 dìxiōngmen	弟兄們 \| 弟兄們* \| *弟兄們	brothers / comrades / men / brethren	弟兄们


幼弟 yòudì	幼弟 \| 幼弟* \| *幼弟	younger brother


伯伯 bóbo	伯伯 \| 伯伯* \| *伯伯	father's elder brother / uncle	HSK 7-9


仲 zhòng	仲 \| 仲* \| *仲	second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers


不分伯仲 bùfēnbózhòng	不分伯仲 \| 不分伯仲* \| *不分伯仲	lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent / nothing to choose between them


嫂子 sǎozi	嫂子 \| 嫂子* \| *嫂子	(coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law	HSK 7-9


哥兒 gēr	哥兒 \| 哥兒* \| *哥兒	brothers / boys	哥儿


叔 shū	叔 \| 叔* \| *叔	uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]


關羽 Guān Yǔ	關羽 \| 關羽* \| *關羽	Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama	关羽


同父異母 tóngfùyìmǔ	同父異母 \| 同父異母* \| *同父異母	(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers / half (brother or sister)	同父异母


張飛 Zhāng Fēi	張飛 \| 張飛* \| *張飛	Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine	张飞


四海之內皆兄弟 sìhǎizhīnèijiēxiōngdì	四海…兄弟 \| 四海…兄弟* \| *四海…兄弟	all men are brothers	四海之内皆兄弟


小弟 xiǎodì	小弟 \| 小弟* \| *小弟	little brother / I, your little brother (humble)


昆仲 kūnzhòng	昆仲 \| 昆仲* \| *昆仲	(literary) brothers / elder and younger brother


舅母 jiùmǔ	舅母 \| 舅母* \| *舅母	wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife


連襟 liánjīn	連襟 \| 連襟* \| *連襟	husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship)	连襟


四德 sìdé	四德 \| 四德* \| *四德	four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功


大娘 dàniáng	大娘 \| 大娘* \| *大娘	(coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address)


伯邑考 Bó Yìkǎo	伯邑考 \| 伯邑考* \| *伯邑考	Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王 who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝 of ancient China


姐丈 jiězhàng	姐丈 \| 姐丈* \| *姐丈	older sister's husband / brother-in-law


孟 mèng	孟 \| 孟* \| *孟	first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers


手足親情 shǒuzúqīnqíng	手足親情 \| 手足親情* \| *手足親情	brotherly kindness	手足亲情


妯娌 zhóuli	妯娌 \| 妯娌* \| *妯娌	wives of brothers; sisters-in-law


華納兄弟 Huánà Xiōngdì	華納兄弟 \| 華納兄弟* \| *華納兄弟	Warner Brothers	华纳兄弟


父兄 fùxiōng	父兄 \| 父兄* \| *父兄	father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch


六親 liùqīn	六親 \| 六親* \| *六親	six close relatives, namely: father 父, mother 母, older brothers 兄, younger brothers 弟, wife 妻, male children 子 / one's kin	六亲


五倫 wǔlún	五倫 \| 五倫* \| *五倫	the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)	五伦


兄長 xiōngzhǎng	兄長 \| 兄長* \| *兄長	elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age	兄长


大舅子 dàjiùzi	大舅子 \| 大舅子* \| *大舅子	(coll.) wife's older brother


親如手足 qīnrúshǒuzú	親如手足 \| 親如手足* \| *親如手足	as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship	亲如手足


哥們 gēmen	哥們 \| 哥們* \| *哥們	Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males)	哥们


大伯 dàbó	大伯 \| 大伯* \| *大伯	husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother)


歐巴 ōubā	歐巴 \| 歐巴* \| *歐巴	(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend	欧巴


親兄弟，明算帳 qīnxiōngdì, míngsuànzhàng	親兄…算帳 \| 親兄…算帳* \| *親兄…算帳	even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)	亲兄弟，明算帐


叔母 shūmǔ	叔母 \| 叔母* \| *叔母	aunt / wife of father's younger brother


大嫂 dàsǎo	大嫂 \| 大嫂* \| *大嫂	older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)


家兄 jiāxiōng	家兄 \| 家兄* \| *家兄	(polite) my elder brother


長兄 zhǎngxiōng	長兄 \| 長兄* \| *長兄	eldest brother	长兄


嫂嫂 sǎosao	嫂嫂 \| 嫂嫂* \| *嫂嫂	older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister


老大哥 lǎodàgē	老大哥 \| 老大哥* \| *老大哥	big brother


叔父 shūfù	叔父 \| 叔父* \| *叔父	father's younger brother / uncle


小舅子 xiǎojiùzi	小舅子 \| 小舅子* \| *小舅子	(coll.) wife's younger brother


王敦 Wáng Dūn	王敦 \| 王敦* \| *王敦	Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王導｜王导, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324


伯 bó	伯 \| 伯* \| *伯	father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位


季父 jìfù	季父 \| 季父* \| *季父	uncle (father's youngest brother)


金蘭譜 jīnlánpǔ	金蘭譜 \| 金蘭譜* \| *金蘭譜	(old) genealogical records of sworn brothers, each keeping a copy	金兰谱


玄武門之變 Xuánwǔménzhībiàn	玄武門之變 \| 玄武門之變* \| *玄武門之變	Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗	玄武门之变


叔祖 shūzǔ	叔祖 \| 叔祖* \| *叔祖	grandfather's younger brother


舅舅 jiùjiu	舅舅 \| 舅舅* \| *舅舅	mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL: 個｜个	HSK 7-9


姪女 zhínǚ	姪女 \| 姪女* \| *姪女	brother's daughter; niece	侄女


神交 shénjiāo	神交 \| 神交* \| *神交	soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with


世母 shìmǔ	世母 \| 世母* \| *世母	wife of father's elder brother (old)


令弟 lìngdì	令弟 \| 令弟* \| *令弟	honorable little brother


周作人 Zhōu Zuòrén	周作人 \| 周作人* \| *周作人	Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅｜鲁迅, academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution


喇沙 Lǎshā	喇沙 \| 喇沙* \| *喇沙	La Salle (used in the names of schools etc) / Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools


堂兄弟 tángxiōngdì	堂兄弟 \| 堂兄弟* \| *堂兄弟	father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin


大叔 dàshū	大叔 \| 大叔* \| *大叔	eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)


猶子 yóuzǐ	猶子 \| 猶子* \| *猶子	(old) brother's son or daughter / nephew	犹子


米高揚 Mǐgāoyáng	米高揚 \| 米高揚* \| *米高揚	Mikoyan (name) / Anastas Ivanonovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Soviet politician, politburo member in the 1950s and 1960s / Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970), brother of the politician and one designer of MiG military aircraft	米高扬


阿弟 ādì	阿弟 \| 阿弟* \| *阿弟	younger brother


伯叔祖母 bóshūzǔmǔ	伯叔祖母 \| 伯叔祖母* \| *伯叔祖母	father's father's brother's wife / great aunt


老兄 lǎoxiōng	老兄 \| 老兄* \| *老兄	elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy


嬸嬸 shěnshen	嬸嬸 \| 嬸嬸* \| *嬸嬸	wife of father's younger brother / aunt	婶婶


結拜 jiébài	結拜 \| 結拜* \| *結拜	to become sworn brothers or sisters / sworn (brothers)	结拜


叔婆 shūpó	叔婆 \| 叔婆* \| *叔婆	aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife


悌 tì	悌 \| 悌* \| *悌	to do one's duty as a younger brother


伯叔祖父 bóshūzǔfù	伯叔祖父 \| 伯叔祖父* \| *伯叔祖父	father's father's brother / great uncle


兄嫂 xiōngsǎo	兄嫂 \| 兄嫂* \| *兄嫂	elder brother and his wife


叔祖母 shūzǔmǔ	叔祖母 \| 叔祖母* \| *叔祖母	wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother


卡拉馬佐夫兄弟 Kǎlāmǎzuǒfū Xiōngdì	卡拉…兄弟 \| 卡拉…兄弟* \| *卡拉…兄弟	Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基	卡拉马佐夫兄弟


叔公 shūgōng	叔公 \| 叔公* \| *叔公	great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother


御弟 yùdì	御弟 \| 御弟* \| *御弟	emperor's young brother


娣 dì	娣 \| 娣* \| *娣	wife of a younger brother


張成澤 Zhāng Chéngzé	張成澤 \| 張成澤* \| *張成澤	Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日, uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩, in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed	张成泽


把兄弟 bǎxiōngdì	把兄弟 \| 把兄弟* \| *把兄弟	sworn brothers


扶弟魔 fúdìmó	扶弟魔 \| 扶弟魔* \| *扶弟魔	(coll.) (neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔) woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother (assisting him with his studies, giving money to help him buy a house etc)


二哥 èrgē	二哥 \| 二哥* \| *二哥	second brother


同母異父 tóngmǔyìfù	同母異父 \| 同母異父* \| *同母異父	(of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers / half (brother or sister)	同母异父


姪子 zhízi	姪子 \| 姪子* \| *姪子	brother's son; nephew	侄子


嫂 sǎo	嫂 \| 嫂* \| *嫂	(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law

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