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叔

shū

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

What 叔 means

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

Example sentences

• 我叔叔开旅馆。
  My uncle runs a hotel.
• 让你叔叔想一想。
  Let your uncle think about it.
• 我的叔叔去过芬兰。
  Wǒ de shūshu qù guo Fēnlán.
  My uncle has been to Finland.
• 我的伯叔住在纽约。
  Wǒ de bóshū zhù zài Niǔyuē.
  My uncle lives in New York.
• 我想跟你叔叔谈谈。
  I want to talk with your uncle.
• 我叔叔偶尔来看我。
  My uncle comes to see me from time to time.

Words starting with 叔

• 叔叔shū shufather's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one…
• 叔父shū fùfather's younger brother; uncle
• 叔本华Shū běn huáArthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
• 叔公shū gōnggreat uncle; grandfather's younger brother; husband's father's younger brother
• 叔伯shū bai(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
• 叔娘shū niáng(dialect) wife of father's younger brother; aunt
• 叔婆shū póaunt by marriage; husband's aunt; husband's father's younger brother's wife
• 叔子shū zibrother-in-law; husband's younger brother
• 叔母shū mǔaunt; wife of father's younger brother
• 叔祖shū zǔgrandfather's younger brother
• 叔丈人shū zhàng rénwife's uncle
• 叔丈母shū zhàng mǔwife's aunt
• 叔祖母shū zǔ mǔwife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
• 叔岳shū yuèwife's uncle

Words containing 叔

• 大叔dà shūeldest of father's younger brothers; uncle…
• 表叔biǎo shūson of grandfather's sister; son of grandmother's brother or sister…
• 小叔xiǎo shūhusband's younger brother; brother-in-law
• 伯叔bó shūfather's brother (uncle); husband's brother (brother-in-law)
• 家叔jiā shū(polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)
• 怪叔叔guài shū shuqueer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)
• 李叔同Lǐ Shū tóngLiu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture…
• 王叔文Wáng Shū wénWang Shuwen (735–806), Tang dynasty scholar, politician and Go player, leader of the…
• 伯仲叔季bó zhòng shū jì(idiom) eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
• 伯叔祖母bó shū zǔ mǔfather's father's brother's wife; great aunt
• 伯叔祖父bó shū zǔ fùfather's father's brother; great uncle
• 山姆大叔Shān mǔ Dà shūUncle Sam
• 鸟叔Niǎo shūnickname of Korean singer PSY
• 麦当劳叔叔Mài dāng láo Shū shuRonald McDonald
• 帽子叔叔mào zi shū shu(slang) police officer
• 阿布叔醇ā bù shū chúnalbuterol, chemical used in treating asthma

Characters that look like 叔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 姐jiěolder sister
• 叙xùto narrate; to chat
• 抛pāoto throw; to toss; to fling
• 衩chǎopen seam of a garment; shorts; panties

Sounds the same

Read shū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 书book; letter; document
• 舒to stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 输to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 殊(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 蔬vegetables
• 梳to comb; (bound form) a comb
• 疏to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 抒to express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 淑(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names)…
• 姝pretty woman
• 枢(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 倏sudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù

Where 叔 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 27 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shū correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.