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suk1
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[1] uncle; father's younger brother [2] brother-in-law; husband's younger brother [3] third among brothers "Uncle" has a very wide meaning and can be used as a general form of address for a male relative (or any man) of one's father's generation but younger than one's father
 Stroke count: 7
Level: 2
Radical: 又 (#29)
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阿叔
aa3 suk1 = uncle (father's younger brother); polite way to address a man younger than your father粵
叔叔
suk1 suk1 = uncle (father's younger brother)
叔公
suk1 gung1 = a granduncle
大叔
daai6 suk1 = uncle
叔婆
suk1/sok1 po4 = grandfather's younger brother's wife
小叔
siu2 suk1 = husband's younger brother; brother-in-law
伯叔祖父
baak3 suk1 zou2 fu6 = father's father's brother; great uncle
伯叔祖母
baak3 suk1 zou2 mou5 = father's father's brother's wife; great aunt
伯仲叔季
baak3 zung6 suk1 gwai3 = eldest; second; third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
鐸叔
dok6 suk1 = miserly, stingy; a stingy miser粵See all 15 compounds |
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Showing all 2 examples containing 叔
佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯，唔通要個女將來灶罅咩？ 粵
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You disallow her despite her wanting to marry Ah Tong's son; don't tell me you want her to end up a spinster?
佳叔引咎辭職
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Uncle Gaai took the blame for the mistake and resigned from work. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 叔
Unicode code for this character: U+53d4 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 叔
Unicode code for this character: U+53d4 (off-site link)
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