兄妹
xiōng mèi
Pinyin

Definition

兄妹
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xiōng mèi
  1. brother(s) and sister(s)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兄弟
xiōng dì
  1. 1 brothers
  2. 2 younger brother
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
  5. 5 brotherly
  6. 6 fraternal
妹妹
mèi mei
  1. 1 younger sister
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
兄
xiōng
  1. 1 elder brother
兄妹
xiōng mèi
  1. 1 brother(s) and sister(s)
妹
mèi
  1. 1 younger sister
妹子
mèi zi
  1. 1 (dialect) younger sister
  2. 2 girl
妹纸
mèi zhǐ
  1. 1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])
姊妹
zǐ mèi
  1. 1 (older and younger) sisters
  2. 2 sister (school, city etc)
姐妹
jiě mèi
  1. 1 sisters
  2. 2 siblings
  3. 3 sister (school, city etc)
学妹
xué mèi
  1. 1 junior or younger female schoolmate
小妹
xiǎo mèi
  1. 1 little sister
  2. 2 girl
  3. 3 (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
师兄
shī xiōng
  1. 1 senior male fellow student or apprentice
  2. 2 son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
表妹
biǎo mèi
  1. 1 younger female cousin via female line
仁兄
rén xiōng
  1. 1 (honorific written address) My dear friend
伊妹儿
yī mèi r5
  1. 1 email (loanword)
  2. 2 see 電子郵件|电子邮件[diàn zǐ yóu jiàn]
兄嫂
xiōng sǎo
  1. 1 elder brother and his wife
兄弟会
xiōng dì huì
  1. 1 fraternity
兄台
xiōng tái
  1. 1 brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
兄长
xiōng zhǎng
  1. 1 elder brother
  2. 2 term of respect for a man of about the same age
台妹
Tái mèi
  1. 1 local girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren 本省人[běn shěng rén])

Idioms (5)

兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng
  1. 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
亲兄弟，明算帐
qīn xiōng dì , míng suàn zhàng
  1. 1 even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
难兄难弟
nán xiōng nán dì
  1. 1 lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is just as bad as the other
难兄难弟
nàn xiōng nàn dì
  1. 1 brothers in hardship (idiom)
  2. 2 fellow sufferers
  3. 3 in the same boat

Sample Sentences