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)

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兄台弟兄们兄弟会女兄四海之内皆兄弟从兄同胞兄妹亲兄弟,明算帐弟兄年兄父兄盟兄弟中大兄皇子兄弟称兄道弟兄长卡拉马佐夫兄弟家兄老兄兄弟阋墙双生兄弟兄终弟及兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮令兄堂兄襟兄兄弟姐妹华纳兄弟堂兄弟兄嫂砚兄盟兄师兄弟把兄弟表兄弟阿兄兄妹表兄长兄雷曼兄弟内兄难兄难弟仁兄

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