The Korean word for brother is
형제
Translations for brother and their definitions
| 형제 | |
| 1. n. brothers |
| 형님 | |
| 1. n. honorific of 형(兄) | |
| 2. n. (of a male) wife's older brother (a type of brother-in-law) | |
| 3. n. (of a male) wife's older sister's husband (a type of co-brother-in-law) | |
| 4. n. (of a female) husband’s older sister (a type of sister-in-law) | |
| 5. n. (of a female) husband’s older brother’s wife (a type of co-sister-in-law) |
| 오빠 | |
| 1. n. elder brother of a female | |
| 너희 오빠는 완전 모범생이라서 게임 같은 건 절대 안 해. - Your older brother is such a model student that he never plays things like video games. | |
| 2. n. (women's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older male | |
| 오빠랑 사귄 지 얼마 됐지? - How long has it been since I started going out with him? |
| 남동생 | |
| 1. n. little brother, younger brother |
| 동생 | |
| 1. n. younger sibling |
| 아우 | |
| 1. n. a man's younger brother | |
| 2. n. (by extension) a man's junior colleague |
| 브라더 | |
| 1. n. (jocular, ironic, colloquial) brother (younger or older) |
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