哥们儿 (gē mén r) — buddy; bro (informal, used among male friends)

Definition

Casual spoken slang for 'buddy/bro' among male friends. Very colloquial — not for formal contexts. Often shortened to 哥们.

noun

buddybro (informal, used among male friends)

Measure word · 个

哥们儿。
Wǒ hé gē mén r yì qǐ qù kàn qiú sài le.
My buddy and I went to watch the ball game.
。
Zhè xiǎo zi shì wǒ cóng xiǎo wán dào dà de gē mén r.
This guy is my buddy whom I've hung out with since childhood.
，哥们儿！
Bié kè qi, zán men shì gē mén r!
Don't be polite, we're bros!

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

哥们

哥gēolder brother们mengroup

后缀Suffix

儿érfamiliar

The 'brother' sense of 哥 is made familiar in 哥们儿, referring to a close male friend.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 們; 们 is its simplified writing.

亻門們

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

門

門mén們men

Same sound today

The traditional form 們 uses 亻 for a person and 門 for the sound; the simplified 们 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

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