SIBLING    兄弟或姊妹

RELATIVE as DIRECT OFFSPRING BIRTH:born from the SAME PARENTS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Kūn dì 昆弟 is occasionally used for siblings. 2. Dì 弟 is used to refer to younger siblings, but only in the form nǚ dì 女弟 "younger sister".
Modern Chinese Criteria
兄弟姐妹 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BROTHER　MALE SIBLING. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
  • SISTER　FEMALE SIBLING. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • RELATIVES　HUMANS who HAVE COMMON ANCESTORS. (anc: 7/0, child: 6)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)

Words (2 items)

弟  dì OC: liilʔ MC: dei 6 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nby catachresis?> sibling
昆弟  kūn dì OC: kuun liilʔ MC: kuo̝n dei 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPplural(female) siblings 女昆弟