Word information
Simplified叔叔
Traditional叔叔
Pinyinshūshu
Part of speech名
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.03
Chinese word dictionary
叔叔
shūshu · father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
Character breakdown
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大叔dà shū
eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)
小叔xiǎo shūhusband's younger brother; brother-in-law
家叔jiā shū(polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)
叔子shū zibrother-in-law; husband's younger brother
表叔biǎo shūson of grandfather's sister; son of grandmother's brother or sister; father's younger male cousin
叔母shū mǔaunt; wife of father's younger brother