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, shǔshú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ˙ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ suk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūshu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ˙ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shushů
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-shu⁵
    • Yale: shū-shu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu.shu
    • Palladius: шушу (šušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʂu²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shúshu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shúshů
    • Wade–Giles: shu²-shu⁵
    • Yale: shú-shu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu.shu
    • Palladius: шушу (šušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ ʂu³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔshú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔshú
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-shu²
    • Yale: shǔ-shú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuushwu
    • Palladius: шушу (šušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: suk¹ suk¹
    • Yale: sūk sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 叔叔 颼颼／飕飕

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 叔叔

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

Synonyms

• 叔父 (shūfù)
• 阿叔 (āshū)
• (Cantonese) 叔仔
• (Min Dong) 家叔, 依家, 家家
• (Min Nan) 咉叔

Coordinate terms

• 嬸嬸／婶婶 (shěnshen)

Derived terms

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