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舅

jiù

HSK 5 Character

What 舅 means

1. maternal uncle

Example sentences

• 他住在他舅妈家。
  Tā zhù zài tā jiùmā jiā.
  He stayed at his aunt's house.
• 我们待在舅舅家。
  We are staying at our uncle's.
• 我们睡在我舅舅家。
  We are spending the night at my uncle's house.
• 我的舅舅在弹吉他。
  My uncle is playing the guitar.
• 他在他舅舅那里过夜。
  Tā zài tā jiùjiu nàli guòyè.
  He's staying with his uncle.
• 我的舅舅爱好打板球。
  Wǒ de jiùjiu àihào dǎ bǎnqiú.
  My uncle is an amateur cricket player.

Words starting with 舅

• 舅舅jiù jiumother's brother; maternal uncle (informal)
• 舅妈jiù mā(colloquial) aunt; maternal uncle's wife
• 舅父jiù fùmother's brother; maternal uncle
• 舅母jiù mǔwife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife
• 舅爷jiù yéfather's maternal uncle; granduncle
• 舅公jiù gōnggrandmother's brother
• 舅哥jiù gē(colloquial) wife's older brother
• 舅婆jiù pógrandmother's brother's wife
• 舅子jiù zi(colloquial) wife's brother
• 舅嫂jiù sǎowife's brother's wife, sister-in-law

Words containing 舅

• 小舅子xiǎo jiù zi(colloquial) wife's younger brother
• 外舅wài jiù(literary) father-in-law; wife's father
• 家舅jiā jiù(polite) my maternal uncle
• 大舅哥dà jiù gē(colloquial) wife's older brother
• 大舅子dà jiù zi(colloquial) wife's older brother

Characters that look like 舅

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

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• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 蓖bìthe castor-oil plant

Sounds the same

Read jiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

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