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    Expressing "uncle" with 叔叔 (shūshu)

    Topic & Focus

    Structure

    Subject + 的 + 叔叔

    Explanation

    叔叔 (shūshu) means "uncle," specifically referring to one's father's younger brother in the traditional Chinese kinship system. It is also used as a polite term of address for men of one's parents' generation.

    Examples

    • 叔叔,好久不见,您最近怎么样?

      shūshu, hǎojiǔ bú jiàn, nín zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?

      Uncle, long time no see, how have you been lately?

    • 我叔叔在北京开了一家书店。

      wǒ shūshu zài Běijīng kāi le yì jiā shūdiàn.

      My uncle opened a bookstore in Beijing.

    • 小时候叔叔经常带我去公园玩。

      xiǎoshíhou shūshu jīngcháng dài wǒ qù gōngyuán wán.

      When I was little, my uncle often took me to the park to play.

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