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阿aa3叔suk1

aa3 suk1ā shū

English

  1. uncle (spoken)
  2. uncle; father's younger brother
  3. casual form of address to a middle-aged man
  4. a personal pronoun used by a male to bring his seniority to the attention of non-family members

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 阿爸嘅細佬
  2. 非正式、比較輕鬆嘅場合中,對中年男人嘅稱謂(量詞:個)
  3. 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.

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Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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