兄弟 xiōngdì▶ Hermano

Stroke order

兄弟 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 兄 — 5 strokes
• 弟 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. brothers
2. younger brother
3. I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
4. brotherly
5. fraternal

Related words

• 徒弟Aprendiz
• 弟弟hermano menor

兄弟 is pronounced xiōngdì and means “Hermano”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 兄弟 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.