大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn 哥哥 gē ge older brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 弟弟 dì di younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son / nephew syn 侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter / niece syn 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn 兄妹 xiōng mèi brother(s) and sister(s) 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 老大哥 lǎo dà gē big brother syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 死对头 死對頭 sǐ duì tou arch-enemy / sworn enemy syn 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother syn 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother / maternal uncle syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 长兄 長兄 zhǎng xiōng eldest brother syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 结拜 結拜 jié bài to become sworn brothers or sisters / sworn (brothers) syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 父兄 fù xiōng father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch syn 表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother syn 张飞 張飛 zhāng fēi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine 金兰 金蘭 jīn lán profound friendship / sworn brotherhood 二哥 èr gē second brother 关羽 關羽 guān yǔ Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama 小弟弟 xiǎo dì di little brother / little boy / (coll.) penis 兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) 贤弟 賢弟 xián dì worthy little brother syn 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other syn 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution 把兄弟 bǎ xiōng dì sworn brothers syn 异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother) 王导 王導 wáng dǎo Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325 兄嫂 xiōng sǎo elder brother and his wife syn 哥 gē elder brother syn 伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn 兄 xiōng elder brother syn 弟 dì younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) syn 昆 kūn descendant / elder brother / a style of Chinese poetry syn 叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn 侄 姪 zhí brother's son / nephew syn 叔母 shū mǔ aunt / wife of father's younger brother syn 娣 dì wife of a younger brother syn 令弟 lìng dì honorable little brother 昆仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers / elder and younger brother syn 侄女婿 姪女婿 zhí nǚ xù brother's daughter's husband / niece's husband syn 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 舍弟 shè dì my younger brother (humble term) 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 婶母 嬸母 shěn mǔ wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 弟妇 弟婦 dì fù younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 侄女婿 姪女婿 zhí nǚ xu brother's daughter's husband / niece's husband syn 悌 tì to do one's duty as a younger brother syn 妗 jìn wife of mother's brother syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 阿弟 ā dì younger brother syn 家兄 jiā xiōng (polite) my elder brother syn 堂姊妹 táng zǐ mèi father's brother's daughters / paternal female cousin 叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother syn 大伯子 dà bǎi zi (coll.) husband's elder brother 不分伯仲 bù fēn bó zhòng lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom) / they are all equally excellent / nothing to choose between them 八拜之交 bā bài zhī jiāo sworn brotherhood / intimate friendship syn 孝悌忠信 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends 伯叔 bó shū father's brother (uncle) / husband's brother (brother-in-law) 叔子 shū zi brother-in-law / husband's younger brother 拜把子 bài bǎ zi to become sworn brothers syn 宣誓证言 宣誓證言 xuān shì zhèng yán sworn testimony 桃园三结义 桃園三結義 táo yuán sān jié yì Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] 盟兄 méng xiōng senior partner in sworn brotherhood 盟弟 méng dì junior partner in sworn brotherhood 兰谱 蘭譜 lán pǔ lit. directory of orchids / fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers) 金兰谱 金蘭譜 jīn lán pǔ (old) genealogical records of sworn brothers, each keeping a copy 割袍断义 割袍斷義 gē páo duàn yì to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom) / to break all friendly ties 伯叔祖父 bó shū zǔ fù father's father's brother / great uncle 