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哥哥
gēge
Main
English Definitionolder brother
Simplified Script哥哥
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyingēge
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄍㄜ ㄍㄜ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping)go1go1
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words,
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1
Word Decomposition
elder brother
elder brother

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哥儿gērbrothers; boys
Words With Same Tail Word    
小哥哥xiǎogē gelittle boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate); (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
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