(shū shu) - uncle (father's younger brother) in Mandarin

shūshu

Traditional: 叔叔

HSK 3

#819 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

uncle (father's younger brother)

Word origin

A reduplication of 叔 (shū) 'father's younger brother'. 叔 is a phono-semantic compound combining 又 (a hand) with a phonetic body. Doubling gives the familiar kinship address 'uncle'.

Origin: compound
Root: 叔 (shū, younger uncle: 又 hand + phonetic), reduplicated

Stroke order

叔

Examples

。

My uncle came to visit me.

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Uncle bought me a gift.

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She called that man uncle.

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Uncle is coming to my house today.

钓diào。

I go fishing with my uncle.

叔叔 (shū shu) means uncle (father's younger brother). It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 17.