铁哥们 Traditional form: 鐵哥們 Pinyin (reading): tiěgēmen Definitions: (coll.) very close male friends Characters: 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm 哥 - elder brother 们 - plural marker for pronouns and some nouns Traditional characters: 鐵 - iron; strong, solid, firm 哥 - elder brother 們 - plural marker for pronouns and some nouns