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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gē | ge1
English translation
elder brother

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

One person talking over another 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

可可 kě kě

Explanation

Duplicate of , which has a similar sound.

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de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

蒙哥马利 Méng gē mǎ lì xiàn shì 宾夕法尼亚州 Bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōu zuì 富有 fù yǒu zuì 讲究 jiǎngjiu de xiàn .

Montgomery County is Pennsylvania's wealthiest and most sophisticated county.

zài mèng Zhōng 回到 huí dào le 芝加哥 Zhī jiā gē , 回到了他自己 zìjǐ 舒适 shūshì de 家中.

He had been back in Chicago in fancy, in his own comfortable home.

zài gēn èr 说话 shuōhuà , 哪个 nǎ ge yāo lái chà zuǐ ? ”

" I was talking to Second Brother,'snapped Shu - hua . " Who asked you to butt in? "

大哥 dà gē 既然 jìrán ài , 为什么 wèishénme yòu yāo 现在 xiànzài de 大嫂 dà sǎo ?

Since Big Brother loved her, why did he marry Jui - chueh?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
elder brother
哥哥 gēge older brother哥哥 gēge
哥们 gē men Brothers!哥們
墨西哥 Mò xī gē Mexico墨西哥 Mò xī gē
大哥 dà gē eldest brother大哥 dà gē
帅哥 shuài gē handsome guy帥哥
芝加哥 Zhī jiā gē Chicago, USA芝加哥 Zhī jiā gē
哥们儿 gē men r Brothers!哥們兒
哥伦比亚 Gē lún bǐ yà Colombia哥倫比亞
表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line表哥 biǎo gē
圣地亚哥 Shèng dì yà gē Santiago, capital of Chile聖地亞哥
摩洛哥 Mó luò gē Morocco摩洛哥 Mó luò gē
温哥华 Wēn gē huá Vancouver (city in Canada)溫哥華
安哥拉 Ān gē lā Angola安哥拉 Ān gē lā
阿哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother阿哥 ā gē
摩纳哥 Mó nà gē Monaco摩納哥
墨西哥城 Mò xī gē chéng Mexico City, capital of Mexico墨西哥城 Mò xī gē chéng
墨西哥人 Mò xī gē rén Mexican墨西哥人 Mò xī gē rén
斯德哥尔摩 Sī dé gē ěr mó Stockholm, capital of Sweden斯德哥爾摩
哥斯达黎加 Gē sī dá Lí jiā Costa Rica哥斯達黎加
哥伦布 Gē lún bù Columbus, capital of Ohio哥倫布
伟哥 Wěi gē Viagra (male impotence drug)偉哥
老大哥 lǎo dà gē big brother老大哥 lǎo dà gē
新墨西哥州 Xīn Mò xī gē zhōu New Mexico, US state新墨西哥州 Xīn Mò xī gē zhōu

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