| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 兄 | 兄 | xiōng | - elder brother |
| 仁兄 | 仁兄 | rénxiōng | - (honorific written address) My dear friend |
| 令兄 | 令兄 | lìngxiōng | - Your esteemed older brother (honorific) |
| 兄妹 | 兄妹 | xiōngmèi | - brother(s) and sister(s) |
| 兄嫂 | 兄嫂 | xiōngsǎo | - elder brother and his wife |
| 兄弟 | 兄弟 | xiōngdì | - brothers - younger brother - CL:個|个[ge4] - I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) - brotherly - fraternal |
| 兄台 | 兄臺 | xiōngtái | - brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) |
| 兄长 | 兄長 | xiōngzhǎng | - elder brother - term of respect for a man of about the same age |
| 内兄 | 內兄 | nèixiōng | - wife's older brother |
| 堂兄 | 堂兄 | tángxiōng | - older male patrilineal cousin |
| 家兄 | 家兄 | jiāxiōng | - (polite) my elder brother |
| 师兄 | 師兄 | shīxiōng | - senior male fellow student or apprentice - son (older than oneself) of one's teacher |
| 年兄 | 年兄 | niánxiōng | - lit. older brother - fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations |
| 弟兄 | 弟兄 | dìxiong | - brothers - comrade |
| 父兄 | 父兄 | fùxiōng | - father and elder brother(s) - head of the family - patriarch |
| 盟兄 | 盟兄 | méngxiōng | - senior partner in sworn brotherhood |
| 砚兄 | 硯兄 | yànxiōng | - senior fellow student |
| 老兄 | 老兄 | lǎoxiōng | - 'old chap' (form of address between male friends) |
| 表兄 | 表兄 | biǎoxiōng | - older male cousin via female line |
| 襟兄 | 襟兄 | jīnxiōng | - husband of wife's older sister |
| 长兄 | 長兄 | zhǎngxiōng | - eldest brother |
| 阿兄 | 阿兄 | āxiōng | - elder brother |
| 兄弟会 | 兄弟會 | xiōngdìhuì | - fraternity |
| 堂兄弟 | 堂兄弟 | tángxiōngdì | - father's brother's sons - paternal male cousin |
| 师兄弟 | 師兄弟 | shīxīngdì | - fellow apprentices - fellow students (male) |
| 弟兄们 | 弟兄們 | dìxiōngmen | - brothers - comrades - men - brethren |
| 把兄弟 | 把兄弟 | bǎxiōngdì | - sworn brothers |
| 盟兄弟 | 盟兄弟 | méngxiōngdì | - sworn brother |
| 表兄弟 | 表兄弟 | biǎoxiōngdì | - male cousins via female line |
| 兄弟阋墙 | 兄弟鬩牆 | xiōngdìxìqiáng | - internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself |
| 同胞兄妹 | 同胞兄妹 | tóngbāoxiōngmèi | - sibling |
| 华纳兄弟 | 華納兄弟 | Huànàxiōngdì | - Warner Brothers |
| 双生兄弟 | 雙生兄弟 | shuāngshēngxiōngdì | - twin brothers |
| 难兄难弟 | 難兄難弟 | nánxiōngnándì | - lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) - fig. one is just as bad as the other |
| 难兄难弟 | 難兄難弟 | nànxiōngnàndì | - brothers in hardship (idiom) - fellow sufferers - in the same boat |
| 雷曼兄弟 | 雷曼兄弟 | LéimànXiōngdì | - Lehman Brothers, investment bank |
| 卡拉马佐夫兄弟 | 卡拉馬佐夫兄弟 | Kǎlāmǎzuǒfūxiōngdì | - Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基 |
| 四海之内皆兄弟 | 四海之內皆兄弟 | sìhǎizhīnèijiēxiōngdì | - all men are brothers |
| 亲兄弟，明算帐 | 親兄弟，明算帳 | qīnxiōngdì,míngsuànzhàng | - (lit.) even with your own brother, keep clear accounts |
| 兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮 | 兄弟鬩於墻，外禦其侮 | xiōngdìxìyúqiáng,wàiyùqíwǔ | - internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom) |
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