叔叔

Chinese

		uncle in direct address	uncle in direct address
simp. and trad. (叔叔)		叔	叔

Etymology

Reduplicative diminutive.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūshu, shúshu, shǔshú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ˙ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ suk¹
Jin (Wiktionary): sueh⁴ sueh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌-sṳ̆
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷soq-soq
Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): su⁶ su⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūshu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ˙ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shushů
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-shu⁵
  - Yale: shū-shu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu.shu
  - Palladius: шушу (šušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʂu²/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shúshu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shúshů
  - Wade–Giles: shu²-shu⁵
  - Yale: shú-shu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu.shu
  - Palladius: шушу (šušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ ʂu³/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǔshú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǔshú
  - Wade–Giles: shu³-shu²
  - Yale: shǔ-shú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuushwu
  - Palladius: шушу (šušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: suk¹ suk¹
  - Yale: sūk sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    叔叔
    颼颼／飕飕
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sueh⁴ sueh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /suəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ suəʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌-sṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²¹ sy²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷soq-soq
  - MiniDict: soh^入 soh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴soq-soq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ³³ soʔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: su⁶ su⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su²² su²²/

Noun

叔叔

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 叔父 (“paternal uncle (father's younger brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		季父, 叔父, 叔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叔父
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	叔叔, 叔兒
	Taiwan	叔叔
	Langfang	叔
	Ulanhot	叔
	Tongliao	叔
	Chifeng	叔叔
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	叔
	Harbin	叔叔, 叔
	Shenyang	叔叔
	Singapore	叔叔
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	叔
	Cangzhou	伯伯
	Baoding	叔叔
	Shijiazhuang	叔叔
	Jinan	叔叔, 叔
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	叔
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	達達兒
	Daming	叔叔
	Wanrong	叔
	Zhengzhou	叔
	Xi'an	達, 爸, 達達 Hui
	Xining	爸爸, 爸, 阿爸
	Xuzhou	叔叔, 叔, 達達, 小爸爸
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	爸爸
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	爸爸
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	爸爸, 叔叔
	Bayanhot	叔叔, 爹, 小叔
	Lanzhou	爸爸
	Ürümqi	叔叔
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	叔叔, 伯兒
	Wuhan	叔叔, 小爹
	Guiyang	叔叔, 叔爹, 叔
	Kunming	爺爺
	Guilin	叔叔
	Liuzhou	叔, 阿叔
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	叔叔, 阿屋
	Yangzhou	爺, 叔叔
	Nantong	叔叔, 爸爸, 爸
	Hefei	叔爺
	Huanggang	爺爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿叔, 叔
	Hong Kong	阿叔, 叔叔
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	阿叔, 叔仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	阿叔, 叔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿叔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿叔
	Macau	阿叔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿叔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿叔, 叔仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿叔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿叔
	Foshan	阿叔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿叔
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿叔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿叔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿叔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	阿叔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	阿叔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿叔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿叔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿叔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿叔
	Taishan	阿叔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿叔
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿叔
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿叔
	Dongguan	阿叔, 叔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿叔
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	阿叔
	Qingyuan	阿叔
	Fogang	阿叔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	阿叔
	Yangshan	阿叔
	Lianshan (Butian)	吾叔
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	阿叔
	Shaoguan	阿叔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	阿叔
	Renhua	阿叔
	Lechang	阿叔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	阿叔
	Sihui	阿叔
	Guangning	阿叔
	Deqing	阿叔
	Huaiji	阿叔
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	叔
	Yunfu	阿叔
	Xinxing	阿叔
	Luoding	阿叔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	阿叔
	Yangjiang	阿叔
	Xinyi	阿叔
	Lianjiang	阿叔
	Nanning	阿叔, 叔
	Wuzhou	阿叔
	Yulin	叔公
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	叔公
	Danzhou	叔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿叔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿叔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	阿叔
Gan	Nanchang	叔
	Lichuan	叔兒, 叔
	Pingxiang	叔叔, 叔老子
	Guixi	嬌嬌
Hakka	Meixian	阿叔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿叔
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Boluo (Bendihua)	阿叔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿叔
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	阿叔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿叔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	阿叔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	阿叔
	Wuhua (Changbu)	阿叔
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	阿叔
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿叔
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	阿叔
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	阿叔
	Liannan	阿叔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿叔
	Jiexi	阿叔, 叔
	Changting	叔哩
	Wuping	叔哩
	Liancheng	叔牯
	Ninghua	叔叔
	Yudu	叔, 叔叔, 叔佬
	Ruijin	叔子
	Shicheng	叔, 叔子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	叔佬, 阿叔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿叔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿叔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿叔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿叔
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿叔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿叔
	Hong Kong	阿叔
	Luchuan	叔
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	阿叔
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿叔
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿叔
	Singkawang	阿叔
Huizhou	Jixi	叔
	Shexian	叔, 爺
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	叔爺
	Xiuning	阿爺, 叔爺
	Yixian	叔叔
	Qimen	叔兒
	Wuyuan	叔爺
	Fuliang	叔叔
	Dexing	叔
	Shitai (Xianyu)	叔叔
Jin	Taiyuan	叔叔, 老老
	Pingyao	叔叔, 老老
	Xinzhou	叔叔, 叔叔啊
	Taibus (Baochang)	叔叔
	Linhe	爹
	Jining	叔叔, 爹
	Hohhot	叔叔
	Baotou	叔叔, 爹
	Dongsheng	爹
	Haibowan	叔叔
	Zhangjiakou	叔叔
	Handan	叔叔
Northern Min	Jian'ou	叔仔, 叔叔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	阿叔
	Songxi	叔仔
	Zhenghe	叔仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	阿婢
	Jianyang	叔仔
	Wuyishan	叔仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	阿叔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	家叔, 依家, 家家
	Fuzhou (Changle)	依家
	Fuqing	阿叔, 叔, 家家, 依家
	Yongtai	家家
	Gutian	家家
	Fu'an	叔
	Ningde	叔伯
	Shouning	阿叔
	Zhouning	叔伯
	Matsu	依家, 家家
	Singapore (Fuqing)	叔叔
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿叔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	俺叔
	Quanzhou	阿叔, 叔
	Jinjiang	叔公, 阿叔
	Yongchun	叔, 叔公
	Dehua	阿叔
	Zhangzhou	阿叔, 咉叔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	叔
	Dongshan	叔仔
	Taipei	阿叔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿叔
	Kaohsiung	阿叔
	Kinmen	阿叔
	Penghu (Magong)	阿叔
	Penang (Hokkien)	叔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿叔
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿叔
	Longyan	叔牯
	Zhangping	叔仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	俺叔
	Datian	阿叔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	叔
	Chaozhou	阿叔
	Shantou	阿叔
	Haifeng	叔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿叔
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿叔
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿叔
	Leizhou	尼叔, 叔
	Wenchang	叔爹, 爹, 阿爹
	Haikou	叔爹, 叔爸
Puxian Min	Putian	阿叔
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿叔
Central Min	Yong'an	叔仔
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	叔
	Sanming (Shaxian)	阿叔
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	叔叔, 叔
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	叔, 阿叔
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	阿叔, 叔
Shehua	Fu'an	阿叔
	Luoyuan	阿家
	Sanming	阿叔
	Shunchang	阿叔
	Hua'an	阿叔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	叔叔
	Cangnan	叔
	Jingning (Hexi)	叔
	Lishui	叔仔
	Longyou	阿叔
	Chaozhou	叔
	Fengshun	阿叔
Wu	Shanghai	爺叔, 叔叔
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小伯
	Suzhou	阿叔, 叔叔, 好叔
	Wuxi	叔叔
	Danyang	叔叔, 爺叔, 育育
	Hangzhou	小伯伯, 叔叔
	Ningbo	阿叔
	Wenzhou	阿叔, 阿大
	Jinhua	叔叔, 叔叔兒, 叔, 叔兒, 叔伯
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	叔, 叔叔
Xiang	Changsha	叔叔, 滿滿 rural
	Xiangtan	滿滿
	Loudi	阿叔, 叔唧
	Shuangfeng	阿叔, 叔唧
	Hengyang	叔叔, 滿滿
	Quanzhou	叔叔, 叔

Coordinate terms

嬸嬸／婶婶 (shěnshen)

Derived terms

山姆叔叔 (Shānmǔ shūshu)
怪叔叔 (guàishūshu)