叔叔

shūshu · HSK 4

uncle

👨 叔 + 叔 = uncle + uncle (reduplication = familiar address)

叔 specifically means father's younger brother. Doubling it (叔叔) is the everyday spoken form, like calling him uncle-uncle. Kids also use 叔叔 for any friendly young-adult male, similar to calling a stranger sir.

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