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舅舅

jiù jiu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 个

舅舅 (jiù jiu) means "mother's brother". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 舅舅 means

1. mother's brother
2. maternal uncle (informal)

The characters in 舅舅

• 舅jiùmaternal uncle
• 舅jiùmaternal uncle

Example sentences

• 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.
• 我待在东京的舅舅家。
  I am staying with my uncle in Tokyo.

Where 舅舅 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family Relationships & Marriage (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiù jiu correctly.
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