兄长

兄長

xiōngzhǎng

noun #14,883

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他像兄长一样照顾我。

Tā xiàng xiōngzhǎng yīyàng zhàogù wǒ.

He looks after me like an elder brother.

HSK 7-9

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