兄长

兄長

xiōngzhǎng

noun #14,883

Meanings

1 elder brother
2 term of respect for a man of similar age

Characters

Examples

他像兄长一样照顾我。

Tā xiàng xiōngzhǎng yīyàng zhàogù wǒ.

He looks after me like an elder brother.

兄长，请多多指教。

Xiōngzhǎng, qǐng duōduō zhǐjiào.

Elder brother, please give me your guidance.

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兄长 is formal/literary. In everyday speech, people say 哥哥 (gēge) or 大哥 (dàgē). 兄长 appears mainly in historical dramas, classical texts, and very polite or archaic address.

Stroke Order

兄 xiōng

长 cháng