叔 shū

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Traditional form

叔 shū

Contains the radical

又 yòu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

The smaller 小 xiǎo brother

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱上小又

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 又 yòu represents the meaning and 朱 zhū represents the sound.

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 叔 shū in different contexts.

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虎 hǔ 妞 niū 一把将 jiāng 他 tā 扯 chě 过去 guòqu , 好像 hǎoxiàng 老 lǎo 嫂子 sǎozi 疼爱 téngài 小叔 xiǎo shū 那样 nà yàng .

Tigress pulled him over, rather like an affectionate elder sister - in - law .

叔叔 shūshu 呵 ā 那个 nà ge 小姑娘的 de 痒 yǎng 时 shí ,小姑娘笑 xiào 起来 qǐlai .

The little girl laughed when her uncle gave her a tickle.

医生 yīshēng 们 men 认为 rènwéi 我 wǒ 叔叔 shūshu 的 de 病 bìng 无法 wú fǎ 治好 zhì hǎo , 但 dàn 他 tā 却 què 活 huó 了 le 下来 xià lai .

The doctors gave my uncle up, but he lived.

汤姆 Tāng mǔ 学 xué 他 tā 胖 pán 叔叔 shūshu 骑 jì 自行车 zìxíngchē 的 de 样子 yàngzi .

Tom mimicked his fat uncle riding a bicycle.

对面 duìmiàn 四 sì 叔 shū 住房 zhù fáng 的 de 窗 chuāng 下 xià ,不时 bùshí 有 yǒu 女佣 nǚ yōng 端 duān 着 zhāo 碗 wǎn 碟 dié 经过 jīngguò .

Servants carrying platters : of food occasionally passed by Uncle Ke - an's window.

Explore 17 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 叔 shū in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
叔叔 shūshu	uncle	叔叔 shūshu
叔 shū	uncle	叔 shū
大叔 dà shū	eldest of father's younger brothers	大叔 dà shū
叔父 shū fù	uncle	叔父 shū fù
表叔 biǎo shū	son of grandfather's sister	表叔 biǎo shū
小叔 xiǎo shū	brother-in-law	小叔 xiǎo shū
叔公 shū gōng	great uncle	叔公 shū gōng
叔祖 shū zǔ	grandfather's younger brother	叔祖 shū zǔ
叔伯 shū bai	(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather	叔伯 shū bai
叔本华 Shū běn huá	Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher	叔本華
李叔同 Lǐ Shū tóng	Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動\|新文化运动 Xīn Wén huà Yùn dòng [XīnWénhuàYùndòng] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 Xīn hài Gé mìng [XīnhàiGémìng] of 1911	李叔同 Lǐ Shū tóng
叔母 shū mǔ	aunt	叔母 shū mǔ
王叔文 Wáng Shū wén	Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新\|永贞革新 Yǒng zhēn Gé xīn [YǒngzhēnGéxīn] of 805	王叔文 Wáng Shū wén
家叔 jiā shū	(polite) my uncle (father's younger brother)	家叔 jiā shū
叔子 shū zi	brother-in-law	叔子 shū zi
叔婆 shū pó	aunt by marriage	叔婆 shū pó
叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ	wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother	叔祖母 shū zǔ mǔ