叔 (suk1 | shu1) : uncle; brother-in-law

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叔

suk1

shu1

[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

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 又 (#29)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

叔

This word has been viewed 17323 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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阿叔 aa3 suk1 = uncle (father's younger brother) 粵

叔叔 suk1 suk1 shu1 shu5 = uncle (father's younger brother)

二叔公 ji6 suk1 gung1 er4 shu1 gong1 = pawn shop 粵

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 xiao3 shu1 = husband's younger brother; brother-in-law

伯叔祖父 baak3 suk1 zou2 fu6 bo2 shu1 zu3 fu4 = father's father's brother; great uncle

伯叔祖母 baak3 suk1 zou2 mou5 bo2 shu1 zu3 mu3 = father's father's brother's wife; great aunt

伯仲叔季 baak3 zung6 suk1 gwai3 bo2 zhong4 shu1 ji4 = eldest; second; third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
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Showing all 2 examples containing 叔

佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯，唔通要個女將來攝灶罅咩？粵
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
Uncle Gaai took the blame for the mistake and resigned from work.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 叔
Unicode code for this character: U+53d4 (off-site link)

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