Chinese edit

uncle in direct address uncle in direct address
simp. and trad.
(叔叔)

Etymology edit

Reduplicative diminutive.

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Noun edit

叔叔

  1. paternal uncle (father's younger brother)
  2. (often childish) uncle (term of address for a man around one's father's age or slightly younger)

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