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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
老兄
elder brother (often used self-referentially)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
elder brother (often used self-referentially)
02
(form of address between male friends) old chap
03
buddy
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 老兄 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 老兄 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
"Thanks a lot for letting me play with your Xbox." "No problem dude, knock yourself out."
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 老兄
What does 老兄 mean in Chinese?
老兄 (lǎoxiōng) means elder brother (often used self-referentially).
How do you pronounce 老兄?
老兄 is pronounced lǎoxiōng.
Is 老兄 an HSK word?
老兄 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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