阿叔
aa3 suk1ā shū
English
- uncle (spoken)
- uncle; father's younger brother
- casual form of address to a middle-aged man
- a personal pronoun used by a male to bring his seniority to the attention of non-family members
粵語 — Cantonese
- 阿爸嘅細佬
- 非正式、比較輕鬆嘅場合中,對中年男人嘅稱謂(量詞:個)
- 用嚟做男性用嘅第一身代名詞,以向外人顯示自己嘅長輩身份(量詞:個)
Examples
我阿叔個樣好似我阿爸。
My uncle looks like my dad. ----
間茶餐廳好多阿叔打躉。
There are many middle-aged men hanging around at the cha chaan teng. ----
阿叔食鹽多過你食米呀。
Your uncle(=me) has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. (= I am way more experienced than you are.)
我阿叔住喺西班牙嘅首都馬德里。
My uncle lives in Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Tatoeba · clowergen CC BY
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk