叔叔 shūshu — uncle (father’s younger brother)

Meanings

1. 1

   uncle (father’s younger brother)

   Inside the family, strictly the father’s younger brother — Chinese kinship distinguishes him from the father’s elder brother, 伯伯, and from the mother’s brother, 舅舅.

   noun
2. 2

   sir (address for a man of one’s parents’ age)

   noun

   The male counterpart of 阿姨, and used the same way: a child or a young adult addresses any man of their parents’ generation as 叔叔. It is friendly without being familiar.

Example sentences

• 这位叔叔是我爸爸的弟弟。/這位叔叔是我爸爸的弟弟。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) wèi (fourth tone, falling) shūshu (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) bàba (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) dìdi. (fourth tone, falling)···

  This gentleman is my father’s younger brother.

• 叔叔，请问火车站怎么走？/叔叔，請問火車站怎麼走？Shūshu, (first tone, high and level) qǐngwèn (third tone, dipping) huǒchēzhàn (third tone, dipping) zěnme (third tone, dipping) zǒu? (third tone, dipping)···

  Excuse me — how do I get to the railway station?

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