Word information
Simplified叔伯
Traditional叔伯
Pinyinshū bai
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Chinese word dictionary
叔伯
shū bai · (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
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叔叔shūshu
father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
伯伯bóbofather's elder brother; uncle
伯父bófùfather's elder brother; term of respect for older man; CL:個|个[ge4]
伯母bómǔwife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); CL:個|个[ge4]