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堂兄弟

tángxiōngdì

father's brother's sons

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

father's brother's sons

02

paternal male cousin

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 堂兄弟 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 堂兄弟 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

他和我是堂兄弟关系。tā hé wǒ shì táng xiōng dì guān xì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

他来自一个庞大的家族,光是堂兄弟姊妹就有二十几人。tā lái zì yí gè páng dà de jiā zú, guāng shì táng xiōng dì zǐ mèi jiù yǒu èr shí jǐ rén。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 堂兄弟.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 堂兄弟.

Directly before

  • 是堂兄弟1
  • 光是堂兄弟1

Directly after

  • 堂兄弟关系1
  • 堂兄弟姊妹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 堂兄弟

What does 堂兄弟 mean in Chinese?

堂兄弟 (tángxiōngdì) means father's brother's sons.

How do you pronounce 堂兄弟?

堂兄弟 is pronounced tángxiōngdì.

Is 堂兄弟 an HSK word?

堂兄弟 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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