弟弟,哥哥

monix
November 16, 2009, 10:12 PM posted in General Discussion

If I have two younger brother how do you call them in Chinese? How about two older brothers or two sons or two daughters?

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skyfx
November 17, 2009, 12:39 AM

我的两个弟弟

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chinglish7
November 19, 2009, 05:03 PM

oldest brother: 大哥

2nd 二哥

 

lodest sister: 大姐

2nd : 二姐

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大妹,二妹... 

大儿子, 二儿子...

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monix
November 17, 2009, 11:12 AM

Thanks for your reply, but what I want to know is how to call them. For example:

If I have two older brothers, I will call the oldest 老大,and the youngest?

And if I have two sons the oldest will be 老儿子?

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skyfx
November 17, 2009, 01:31 PM

oldest brother 老大

2nd oldest brother 老二

3rd oldest brother 老三

。。。。。。

two sons the oldest will be 大儿子(老儿子is wrong)

2nd oldest will be 二儿子

。。。。。

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cassielin
November 17, 2009, 01:52 PM

Hi monix,

you can call them

大哥da4ge1=the oldest brother

二哥er4ge1=the second old brother

三哥san1ge1=the third old brother

the same as

大女儿da4nv3er2=the oldest daughter

二女儿er4nv3er2=the second old daughter

三女儿san1nv3er2=the third old daughter.

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changye
November 17, 2009, 01:57 PM

Hi cassie

你还在大学教书吗?有没有打算出嫁?一切都顺利吗?

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ousijia
November 17, 2009, 02:11 AM

@monix

To say I have two younger brothers you would write

弟弟(dì​di​)

older brothers - 哥哥 -gē​ge

daughter - 女儿 nǚ​'ér

sons - 儿子

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

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cassielin
November 17, 2009, 02:47 PM

哈哈uncle changye, 很高兴你还活跃在cpod的community里。我还在大学里工作,一切都还好,就是有点忙。呵呵,谢谢关心哦!^_^

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camson
November 18, 2009, 08:53 AM

如果你要嫁人,不要嫁给别人,一定要嫁给我......哈哈zzzZZ.....

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monix
November 18, 2009, 12:25 PM

真好!

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monix
November 19, 2009, 09:29 AM

我还有一个问题。如果我有两个妹妹,我就可以说我老美二十岁,我二妹十五岁?

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xiakehe
November 19, 2009, 04:55 PM

monix says link to this comment
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我还有一个问题。如果我有两个妹妹,我就可以说我老美二十岁,我二妹十五岁?

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你可以这样说:我大妹二十岁,我二妹十五岁.

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skyfx
November 17, 2009, 02:06 PM

去看了下cassie的sina博客,ms是哪个学校外语系刚毕业的mm啊,来cpod工作不错吧