"형제자매"

Translation: Siblings

[newmanar]

How is "brothers and sisters" wrong? Not only is it in the dropdown definition but "형제" means "brothers" and "자매" means "sisters". This should not be counted wrong.

[SabianF]

Hey, in English, you should know compound words do not always equal the sum of their parts.

[EricThomse1]

Not sure why you're being so pedantic. They show "brothers and sisters" as one of the hints.

[green_tidepods]

its accepted now (may 2020)

[tmurf2]

Agreed...what i said...and wrong

[RandyAlexa]

兄弟姐妹！

[Wes375407]

wrong! it's 兄弟姉妹, quit thinking that you know Chinese so that must be the hanja

[LiKenun]

兄弟姐妹！

Correct in Chinese.

wrong! it's 兄弟姉妹, quit thinking that you know Chinese
so that must be the hanja

Not acknowledged by Naver. It has neither an entry for 兄弟姉妹 nor 姉妹. Naver says 姉 is an abbreviation for 姊, so the canonical form is 兄弟姊妹.

• Naver: 兄弟姊妹
• Wiktionary: 兄弟姉妹.

See also: www.duolingo.com/comment/25559686

[leesan55]

what's wrong with indicating the chinese words? it helps to relate in some cases.

[leesan55]

"brothers and sisters" is accepted now. 4 Nov 2018

[Andy513708]

Is this specifically a plural word? If I put in "sibling", it returns a wrong answer...

[ThomasWelc4]

Are brothers and sisters not siblings?