堂兄 meaning in English
older male patrilineal cousin
16 strokes
Meaning of 堂兄
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
tángxiōng
- older male patrilineal cousin
堂兄 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
你堂兄叫什么名字？
What's your cousin's name?
我有三个堂兄。
I have three cousins.
我不知道汤姆是你的堂兄。
I didn't know Tom was your cousin.
Stroke order for each character
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堂 táng · hall · 11 strokes
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兄 xiōng · elder brother · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 堂兄.
| 课堂 | kètáng | classroom (CL:間|间[jian1]); class session |
| 兄弟 | xiōngdì | brothers; younger brother |
| 食堂 | shítáng | dining hall; cafeteria |
| 教堂 | jiàotáng | church; chapel |
| 天堂 | tiāntáng | paradise; heaven |
| 礼堂 | lǐtáng | assembly hall; auditorium |
| 殿堂 | diàntáng | palace; hall |
| 学堂 | xuétáng | college; school (old) |
| 哄堂大笑 | hōngtáng-dàxiào | the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom) |
| 老兄 | lǎoxiōng | elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old |
| 弟兄 | dìxiong | brothers; comrade |
| 师兄 | shīxiōng | senior male fellow disciple or student (by seniority, not age); son of one's teacher who i |
Questions about 堂兄
What does 堂兄 mean?
堂兄 (tángxiōng) means "older male patrilineal cousin".
How do you write 堂兄?
堂兄 is made of 2 characters: 堂 (11 strokes), 兄 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.