| 兄 | 572C10 40.70 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄒㄩㄥ [xiong1] | ||
| N. | (1) Elder brother. (2) Used socially somewhat like “friend”, irrespective of age: 老兄 (familiar) my old friend, you: 老兄到那兒去呢 where are you going, old fellow? attached to personal name, a court. address among friends: 文德兄 (文德 being personal name); 仁兄 (LL) address in letter opening to a man like “dear so-and-so’ 學兄 court. address among fellow students; 道兄 address in letters to a scholar or person of high position; 宗兄 address to one of same clan name; 尊兄 somewhat equiv. “my esteemed friend”; 世兄 court. address to one of lower generation in friend’s family (賢弟，仁弟 usu. reserved for one's student). | |||||
| Words | 1. 兄弟 [xiong1di4], n., (1) brothers: 兄弟之國 allied states, usu. related by royal marriage; (2) ([xiong1di0]) (a) my younger brother; (b) a younger person of same generation; n., (c) a usu. polite term “I (myself)”: 兄弟不敢推辭 your younger brother (i. e., I) dare not decline; n., used also in public address meaning “I.” 2. 兄長 [xiong1zhang3], n., address to older person; a senior person. 3. 兄臺 (usu. 兄台) [xiong1tai2], n., (in letters to a man, court.) you: 兄台何時來臺 when are you coming to Taiwan? | |||||