Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words叔父

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叔父

shú fù·ㄕㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ

“father's younger brother; uncle; (archaic) term used by the emperor to address a feudal lord of the same surname”

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Uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; also used for a father's friend of similar age; can mean third-born brother or declining/late period.

Father; male parent; term of respect for an elder male relative on the father's side; archaic term for a man.