He has three brothers.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
兄长
elder brother
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
elder brother
02
term of respect for a man of about the same age
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 兄长 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 兄长 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He is not as smart as his older brother.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 兄长.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 兄长.
Directly before
- 的兄长1
- 三名兄长1
Directly after
- 兄长那样1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 兄长
What does 兄长 mean in Chinese?
兄长 (xiōngzhǎng) means elder brother.
How do you pronounce 兄长?
兄长 is pronounced xiōngzhǎng.
Is 兄长 an HSK word?
兄长 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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