叔父

Mandarin · pinyin shū fù

Meanings

  1. father's younger brother
  2. uncle
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叔
shū · father's younger brother
父
fù · father; Kangxi radical 88
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1–4 · shu1 fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

suk1 fu2 · suk1 fu6

Cantonese word readings for 叔父. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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suk1 fu6

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noun

  1. (formal) paternal uncle (father's younger brother)

noun

  1. (Cantonese) elder in a gang; someone who is of the same generation as the gang leader

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