elder brother

older (可) + older (可) = elder brother

Two stacked 可 forms create a doubling effect — a common structural way to suggest something repeated or senior in rank. The elder brother is the one who came before, spoken to twice for respect.

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CanSemantic

Words with 哥

哥德巴赫猜想

gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng

the Goldbach conjecture in number theory

哥德式

gē dé shì

gothic (Tw)

哥斯大黎加

gē sī dà lí jiā

(Tw) Costa Rica

的哥

dī gē

male taxi driver

金冠树八哥

jīn guān shù bā ge

(bird species of China) golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)

铁哥们

tiě gē men

(coll.) very close male friends

铁哥们儿

tiě gē men r

erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们[tie3 ge1 men5]

阿兵哥

ā bīng gē

(coll.) soldier boy

阿哥

ā gē

(familiar) elder brother

鹩哥

liáo gē

(bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)

鹦哥

yīng gē

(coll.) parrot

黑塞哥维那

hēi sài gē wéi nà

Herzegovina

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