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shū

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Definitions

  1. 1. uncle
  2. 2. father's younger brother
  3. 3. husband's younger brother
  4. 4. Taiwan pr. [shú]

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 801959)

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Words Containing 叔

伯叔
bó shū

father's brother (uncle)

伯叔祖父
bó shū zǔ fù

father's father's brother

鸟叔
niǎo shū

nickname of Korean singer PSY

伯仲叔季
bó zhòng shū jì

eldest

叔伯
shū bai

(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather

李叔同
lǐ shū tóng

Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[xīn wén huà yùn dòng] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[xīn hài gé mìng] of 1911

叔叔
shū shu

father's younger brother

叔子
shū zi

brother-in-law

叔丈母
shū zhàng mǔ

wife's aunt

叔祖母
shū zǔ mǔ

wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother

叔父
shū fù

father's younger brother

怪叔叔
guài shū shu

queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)

叔祖
shū zǔ

grandfather's younger brother

家叔
jiā shū

(polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)

叔丈人
shū zhàng rén

wife's uncle

叔婆
shū pó

aunt by marriage

伯叔祖母
bó shū zǔ mǔ

father's father's brother's wife

叔本华
shū běn huá

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher

叔母
shū mǔ

aunt

叔公
shū gōng

great uncle

小叔
xiǎo shū

husband's younger brother

大叔
dà shū

eldest of father's younger brothers

表叔
biǎo shū

son of grandfather's sister

王叔文
wáng shū wén

Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新|永贞革新[yǒng zhēn gé xīn] of 805

麦当劳叔叔
mài dāng láo shū shu

Ronald McDonald

叔岳
shū yuè

wife's uncle