叔叔

Chinese

		uncle in direct address	uncle in direct address
simp. and trad. (叔叔)		叔	叔

Etymology

Reduplicative diminutive.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūshu, shúshu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ˙ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ suk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shūshu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ˙ㄕㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu.shu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʂu²/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shúshu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄕㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu.shu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ ʂu³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: suk¹ suk¹
  - Yale: sūk sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ sug¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    叔叔
    颼颼／飕飕

Noun

叔叔

paternal uncle (father's younger brother)
(term of address for older men, used by children) uncle

Synonyms

叔父 (shūfù)
阿叔 (āshū)
(Cantonese) 叔仔
(Min Dong) 依家
(Min Nan) 咉叔

Coordinate terms

嬸嬸／婶婶 (shěnshen)

Derived terms

山姆叔叔 (Shānmǔ shūshu)

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