家兄

jiāxiōng
noun #63,317

Meanings

  1. 1 my elder brother

Examples

HSK 3
Jiāxiōng zài yì jiā yínháng gōngzuò.
My elder brother works at a bank.
HSK 7-9
Jiāxiōng tuō wǒ xiàng nín wènhǎo, shuō gǎitiān zài dēngmén bàifǎng.
My elder brother asked me to give you his regards and says he will call on you another day.

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A humble word for your own elder brother, used when speaking to someone outside the family. It belongs to the 家 + elder relative set: 家父 (my father), 家母 (my mother). A younger brother is 舍弟, and someone else's elder brother is 令兄.

Stroke Order

家 jiā
兄 xiōng