兄
Ideographic: Older brother 儿 speaking 口 to younger onesRadical: 儿
meaning for 兄 xiōng:
- - elder brotherbrothers
- - younger brother
- - Classifiers: 个
- - I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
- - brotherly
- - fraternalbrother(s) and sister(s)elder brother (often used self-referentially)
- - (form of address between male friends) old chap
- - buddysenior male fellow student or apprentice
- - son (older than oneself) of one's teacherelder brother
- - term of respect for a man of about the same age