"My older brother is a student."

Translation: 我的哥哥是学生。

[Andrew-Lin]

我的哥哥是學生。

[TobyBartels]

Is that the same thing in traditional characters?

[SzymonRuci]

嗯对

[Chris91331]

Aren't you supossed to leave the de away if its your family country or home? Like，我哥 我国 我家

[circularsquare]

You're allowed to, either way is correct and accepted.

[deactivated user]

Nope, Duo doesnt accept the answers without "de"

[Laura871169]

I don't understand the difference between older brother and brother or older sister and sister.

[tolunayo]

For us westerners the emphasis on older/younger made me think if there is any generic brother/sister or brothers/sisters in Chinese. I found the following page:

https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/22079/how-are-ambiguous-brother-and-sister-typically-translated-into-chinese

Quoting from the summary post on that page:

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Can be used to refer single / multiple siblings:

older brother(s) = 哥哥
younger brother(s) = 弟弟
older sister(s) = 姐姐
younger sister(s) = 妹妹

Seldom used to refer to a single sibling:

brothers = 兄弟
sisters = 姐妹
brothers & sisters = 兄弟姐妹

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It looks like Chinese family is very complicated:

http://blog.tutorming.com/mandarin-chinese-learning-tips/family-tree-relatives-in-chinese

[GesaFlif]

they accept brother, but really it means older or younger

[MooN434]

In chinese, korean and japanese language, there are different terms for older/younger brother/sister

[YvonneL8]

Or it could be。我的哥哥是个学生.

[KaiTengChi]

It should translate to 我的哥哥是一位學生, a student should be translated to 一位學生.