叔父

Chinese

		uncle in direct address	father
simp. and trad. (叔父)		叔	父

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūfù, shúfù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄈㄨˋ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ fu⁶, suk¹ fu^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shūfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shufuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shúfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwufuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ fu⁶, suk¹ fu^6-2
  - Yale: sūk fuh, sūk fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ fu⁶, suk⁷ fu^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ fu⁶, sug¹ fu²
  - IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ fuː²²/, /sʊk̚⁵ fuː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

叔父

(formal) paternal uncle (father's younger brother)

Synonyms

叔叔 (shūshu)
阿叔 (āshū)
(Cantonese) 叔仔
(Min Dong) 依家
(Min Nan) 咉叔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
叔	父
Grade: S	Grade: 2
Irregular

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おじ [òjí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ʑi]

Noun

叔父 (hiragana おじ, rōmaji oji)

uncle (younger than one’s parent)

Coordinate terms

叔 (お)母 (ば) (oba): aunt (younger than one’s parent)
伯 (お)母 (ば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
伯 (お)父 (じ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)

Related terms

伯 (お)父 (じ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)
おじさん (ojisan): uncle (polite)
小 (お)父 (じ)さん (ojisan): man, old man, mister

References

1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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