叔叔
shūshu
uncle
Part of speech · noun
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叔uncle younger
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叔uncle younger
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Examples
- 叔叔好!Hello, uncle!
- 我有两个叔叔。I have two uncles.
Collocations
一位叔叔叔叔好亲叔叔
Mnemonic
叔叔 shūshu "father's younger brother / uncle" — Maternal uncle is 舅舅 jiùjiu (Korean has same kin distinction; Japanese mostly uses おじ for both). Also a friendly address for unknown middle-aged men.
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Maternal uncle?