gē

哥

elder brother

HSK 3.0 · 1
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Meaning, words & where you learn it

Taught in your lessons 课程

我的家人Lesson 13 · My Family vocab 我的一天Lesson 14 · My Day 在哪儿Lesson 17 · Where Is It? 我的家HSK 3.0 · Lesson 3 · My Family vocab 请进HSK 3.0 · Lesson 17 · Come In! 见朋友HSK 3.0 · Lesson 18 · Meeting Friends

Words with 哥

哥哥 gē ge older brother HSK 1
大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) HSK 4
帅哥 shuài gē handsome guy; lady-killer HSK 4

Examples from your lessons

  • 我有一个哥哥和两个妹妹。 I have one older brother and two younger sisters. Lesson 13
  • 你们的孩子真漂亮！你有哥哥吗？ Your child is really beautiful! Do you have an older brother? Lesson 13
  • 我哥哥在一个大公司上班。 My older brother works at a big company. Lesson 14
  • 我的房间在左边，哥哥的在右边。 My room is on the left; my brother's is on the right. Lesson 17
  • 我家有四口人：爸爸、妈妈、哥哥和我。 There are four of us: Dad, Mom, my older brother and me. Lesson 103
  • 你没有哥哥姐姐吗？ You don't have older brothers or sisters? Lesson 103

Character facts

Radical
口 mouth; entrance, gate, opening
Parts
可 + 可
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+54E5

Ideographic: One person talking 可 over another 可

Same radical 口
hé 和 bā 吧 ma 吗 né 呢 hòu 后 chī 吃 tīng 听 jiào 叫
Same sound
gè 个 gē 歌 gè 各 gé 隔 gē 割 gē 搁 gé 格
Also HSK 1
de 的 le 了 wǒ 我 shì 是 nǐ 你 zài 在 bù 不 yǒu 有