VocabularyHSK 3 · core

哥哥

gēge

older brother

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 我哥哥比我大三岁。
    My older brother is three years older than me.
  2. 哥哥,我们一起玩吧。
    Older brother, let's play together.

Collocations

大哥二哥亲哥哥

Mnemonic

哥哥 gēge "older brother" — Chinese does NOT distinguish based on speaker gender (unlike Korean "hyeong/oppa"). One word covers both. Younger brother = 弟弟 dìdi.

Quick check

  1. What does 二哥 mean?

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