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叔叔 (shū shu): uncle

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 3noun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: uncle
Characters: 2
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 3

Full definitions

fathers younger brother
paternal uncle
form of address used by children for a male one generation older
father's younger brother
paternal uncle younger than one's father
polite form of address for a man of one's father's generation
uncle (a familiar address used by children for an adult male)

Chinese explanation

父亲的弟弟，也叫叔父
也可用来称呼跟父亲同辈而年纪较小的男子，表示亲切或尊敬。

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Character breakdown

HSK 3

uncle (father's younger brother)

HSK 3

uncle (father's younger brother)

Example sentences

My uncle is a doctor.

Uncle, can you help me?

His uncle lives in Shanghai.

Yesterday my uncle came to my house for dinner.

My uncle gave me a gift.

My uncle lives in Shanghai.

Excuse me, uncle, how do I get to the subway station?

He is my father's younger brother, so I call him uncle.

When I was little, the uncle from the neighbor's family often took us to the park.

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