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老兄 (lǎo xiōng): Old pal (noun (address term)) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

老兄 consists of 2 characters.

老 • lǎo • old; aged • HSK 2.0 L3

HSK 3

lǎo老

old; aged

兄 • xiōng • elder brother

xiōng兄

elder brother

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Pinyinlǎo xiōng

Meaningold pal, buddy (familiar address)

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun (address term)

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Example Sentences with 老兄

Lǎo老

xiōng兄

，

nǐ你

zuì最

jìn近

zài在

máng忙

shén什

me么

？

Buddy, what have you been busy with lately?

Lǎo老

xiōng兄

，

bāng帮

ge个

máng忙

xíng行

bù不

xíng行

？

Buddy, can you do me a favor?

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 老兄.

Words with 老

老师lǎo shīteacher
老人lǎo rénold man or woman
老家lǎo jiānative place
老年lǎo niánelderly
老是lǎo shialways
老虎lǎo hǔtiger
古老gǔ lǎoancient
老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband

Words with 兄

兄弟xiōng dìbrothers
兄妹xiōng mèibrother and sister
兄长xiōng zhǎngelder brother (formal)
堂兄táng xiōngolder male cousin (father's side)
弟兄

dì xiong

brothers

亲兄弟qīn xiōng dìblood brother, biological brother

堂兄弟táng xiōng dìmale paternal cousin

小兄弟xiǎo xiōng dìlittle brother; buddy (informal)