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older brother; elder male relative; friendly address
Meanings
4 senses · 20 examplesnoun
older brother
neutralMost commonly used for one's own elder brother
My older brother is five years older than me.
My oldest brother is the breadwinner of the family.
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He has two older brothers and one older sister.
My older brother takes me to school every day.
My second older brother is studying at university in another city.
noun
elder male relative
neutralUsed for extended family members of the same generation who are older
My male cousin is the son of my mother's older sister.
My older male cousin grew up with me.
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My cousin-in-law is actually my older male cousin.
My older cousin from my aunt's family works in Shanghai.
The son of my mother's brother is my older male cousin.
noun
friendly address for man
informalUsed in informal spoken Chinese to address a man around one's own age as a friendly gesture
Brother Li, could you tell me how to get to the train station?
Sir, could you please help me?
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Brother Wang often helps his neighbors.
Brother Zhang, would you like to have dinner with us tonight?
That man looks very kind and familiar.
noun
surname Ge
neutralA common Chinese family name
Teacher Ge is our Chinese language teacher.
Mr. Ge is a famous writer.
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I have a colleague whose family name is Ge.
The Ge family's genealogy is very well preserved.
Director Ge gave a work report at the meeting.