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叔叔

Mandarin · pinyin shū shu

father's younger brother; paternal uncle
form of address used by children for a male one generation older

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叔: shū · father's younger brother

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1–5 · shu1 shu5

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suk1 suk1

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noun

paternal uncle (father's younger brother)
(often childish) uncle (term of address for a man around one's father's age or slightly younger)

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