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elder brother
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How to pronounce 兄

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

兄 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
rén = r + (e)n2
variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
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ér = Ø + Ø2
child / son
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 兄 as component

duì = du + ei4
surname Dui
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duì = du + ei4
to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱
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to compete / to contend / to struggle
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Words with 兄

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brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal
elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
brothers / comrade

Sentences with 兄

méi
shān
xiōng
tīng
lìng

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xiōng

elder brother

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