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  *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
younger brother / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
older brother / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
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  *哥* | 哥* | *哥
elder brother
HSK 1
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  *弟* | 弟* | *弟
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
HSK 1
eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss
HSK 4
father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
HSK 4
father's younger brother; paternal uncle / form of address used by children for a male one generation older
HSK 4
brothers / younger brother / CL: 個|个 / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal
HSK 4
(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man
HSK 4
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  *季* | 季* | *季
season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
HSK 4
father's elder brother / uncle
HSK 7-9
(coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
HSK 7-9
daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
HSK 7-9
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  *窑* | 窑* | *窑
kiln / oven / coal pit / cave dwelling / (coll.) brothel
HSK 7-9
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
mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
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  *聘* | 聘* | *聘
to employ; to appoint / (bound form) to betroth / (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off / (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission / Taiwan pr. [ping4]
HSK 7-9
father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
brothers and sisters / siblings
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship)
to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom) / to break all friendly ties
lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent / nothing to choose between them
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  *嫂* | 嫂* | *嫂
(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为 and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
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  *叔* | 叔* | *叔
uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]
betrothal money (given to the bride's family)
brother's son; nephew
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
spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5]
elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
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  *兄* | 兄* | *兄
elder brother
brother(s) and sister(s)
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  *婶* | 婶* | *婶
wife of father's younger brother
sworn brotherhood / intimate friendship
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
father's brother (uncle) / husband's brother (brother-in-law)
(coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address)
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
wife's older brother
soup; broth
to send the betrothal gifts / (fig.) to conclude a marriage
father's younger brother / uncle
brothers / comrades / men / brethren
patron of a brothel
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  *仲* | 仲* | *仲
second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers
lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom) / fig. to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
big brother
(polite) my elder brother
broth / clear soup / consommé
(familiar) elder brother
older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister
(coll.) wife's older brother
to settle a marriage / betrothal
brotherly affection
lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other
brothers in hardship (idiom) / fellow sufferers / in the same boat
(coll.) wife's younger brother
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
father's brother's daughters / paternal female cousin
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with
brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid
(lit.) froth and shadows / (fig.) illusion; mirage
with different father (e.g. of half-brother)
meat soup / broth
Warner Brothers
hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
clear soup / white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤 / decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs
to regard sb as a brother (idiom)
hydrotherapy / aquatherapy
(literary) brothel / pleasure quarters
hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males)
wives of brothers; sisters-in-law
wife of father's younger brother / aunt
brotherly kindness
twin brothers
as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another
junior partner in sworn brotherhood
wife of father's elder brother (old)
(idiom) eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
betrothal gift / bride price
sworn brothers
Morsi, Mursi or Morsy (name) / Mohamed Morsi (1951-2019), Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood politician, president of Egypt 2012-2013
eldest brother
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
all men are brothers
to swear brotherhood
son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander
older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)
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  *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
noodle soup / noodles in soup / noodle broth
(literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother)

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