叔叔

• 拼音: shū shu
• 汉字拆解: 叔 = 尗 (phonetic) + 又 (hand), originally meaning the younger of brothers

含义

Uncle (father's younger brother); a polite form of address for a man of one's parents' generation.

Specifically refers to a father's younger brother in the kinship system. Also widely used as a polite form of address for any man roughly the same age as one's parents, even if unrelated. Children commonly use it to address adult men.

例句

1. 叔叔每年过年都会给我压岁钱。
2. 小朋友，你叔叔在哪儿工作？
3. 隔壁的王叔叔经常带我们去公园玩。

用法指南

语境: family, everyday

语气: affectionate

正确说法

• 叔叔好！好久不见了。(Hello, uncle! Long time no see.)
• 我叔叔是一名警察。(My uncle is a police officer.)

错误说法

• 对一位年轻男性说'叔叔'。(Don't call a young man 叔叔 — it implies he is middle-aged. Use 哥哥 for someone close to your own age.)

起源与历史

Reduplication of 叔, which originally referred to the third-eldest brother, later narrowed to father's younger brother.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal