同父異母

简 同父异母 · 繁 同父異母
Mandarin · pinyin tóng fù yì mǔ

Meanings

  1. (of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother
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同
tóng · same, similar; together with
父
fù · father; Kangxi radical 88
異
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母
mǔ · mother; female elders; female
异
yì · different, unusual, strange
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2–4–4–3 · tong2 fu4 yi4 mu3

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tung4 fu6 ji6 mou5

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adj

  1. born of the same father but a different mother

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