兄 弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal 弟 兄 dì xiong brothers / comrade 手 足 shǒu zú hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices 弟 兄 们 dì xiōng men brothers / comrades / men / brethren 哥 儿 gē r brothers / boys 昆 仲 kūn zhòng (literary) brothers / elder and younger brother 哥 们 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) 大 叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) 兄 弟 姐 妹 xiōng dì jiě mèi brothers and sisters / siblings 结 拜 jié bài to become sworn brothers or sisters / sworn (brothers) 难 兄 难 弟 nàn xiōng nàn dì brothers in hardship (idiom) / fellow sufferers / in the same boat 隔 山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step- 情 同 手 足 qíng tóng shǒu zú as close as one's hands and feet (idiom) / loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another 神 交 shén jiāo soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with 把 兄 弟 bǎ xiōng dì sworn brothers 六 亲 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin 妯 娌 zhóu li wives of brothers / sisters-in-law 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] 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers 亲 如 手 足 qīn rú shǒu zú as close as brothers (idiom) / deep friendship 四 海 之 内 皆 兄 弟 sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì all men are brothers 拜 把 子 bài bǎ zi to become sworn brothers 伯 仲 叔 季 bó zhòng shū jì eldest / second / third and youngest of brothers / order of seniority among brothers 双 生 兄 弟 shuāng shēng xiōng dì twin brothers 华 纳 兄 弟 Huà nà xiōng dì Warner Brothers 玄 武 门 之 变 Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 / killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗 九 月 九 日 忆 山 东 兄 弟 jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì Shān dōng xiōng dì Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维) 卡 拉 马 佐 夫 兄 弟 Kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū xiōng dì Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1] 悌 睦 tì mù to live at peace as brothers 金 兰 谱 jīn lán pǔ (old) genealogical records of sworn brothers, each keeping a copy 雷 曼 兄 弟 Léi màn Xiōng dì Lehman Brothers, investment bank 贫 民 小 昆 仲 会 国 际 联 合 会 International Federation of the Little Brothers of the Poor 慈 善 兄 弟 会 Brothers of Charity 洛 克 菲 勒 兄 弟 基 金 会 Rockefeller Brothers Fund 孔 融 让 梨 Kǒng Róng ràng lí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty 华 纳 兄 弟 Huá nà Xiōng dì Warner Brothers 孪 生 兄 弟 luán shēng xiōng dì twin brothers 伯 仲 叔 季 bó - zhòng - shū - jì (idiom) eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers / order of seniority among brothers