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哥

Mandarin · pinyin gē

elder brother

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哥: gē · elder brother

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older brother; elder brother
older male relative of the same generation
(honorific) term of address for a male person of the same age or older
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 哥斯達黎加／哥斯达黎加 (Gēsīdálíjiā, “Costa Rica”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 歌 (gē, “to sing; song”)

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