叔父

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

Noun

叔父

1. (formal) paternal uncle (father's younger brother)

   • 敬叔父乎？敬弟乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jìng shūfù hū? Jìng dì hū?

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Pronunciation 2

Noun

叔父

1. (Cantonese) elder in a gang; someone who is of the same generation as the gang leader

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おじ (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

叔父(おじ) • (oji) 

1. uncle (younger than one’s parent)

Usage notes

• This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.

Coordinate terms

• 叔母(おば) (oba): aunt (younger than one’s parent)
• 伯母(おば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
• 伯父(おじ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)

Related terms

• 伯父(おじ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)
• おじさん (ojisan): uncle (polite)
• 小父(おじ)さん (ojisan): man, old man, mister

References

Korean

Noun

叔父 • (sukbu) (hangeul 숙부)

1. Hanja form^? of 숙부 (“uncle”).

Vietnamese

Noun

叔父

1. chữ Hán form of thúc phụ (“uncle”).