UNCLE  叔叔

MALE RELATIVE of the EARLIER GENERATION.
Hypernym
  • RELATIVESHUMANS who HAVE COMMON ANCESTORS.
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
See also
  • AUNTFEMALE RELATIVE of a SENIOR GENERATION of WHOM ONE IS NOT a DESCENDANT. 
    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    HUMAN AFFAIRS 12. 公公。

    舅，因姑舅表婚制而成公公，為通稱。

    公，妻隨夫尊稱夫之父公，漢時始有此用，用於敘稱或對稱。

    嫜，俗稱。

    姻，本指夫家，特指女婿之父，用於敘稱。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    叔父

    叔

    叔叔

    阿叔

    爺叔

    仲父

    季父

    從父

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.51

    • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 72B

    Words

    父兄  fù xiōng OC: baʔ qhʷraŋ MC: bi̯o hɣaŋ 7 AttributionsWD

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 百官/OFFICIAL Bǎi guān 百官 originally refers to the officials lower then ministers >qing 卿; later the term came to used as a general term for the whole body of ofiicials.

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    • NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialsenior persons that belong a family; the elders
    舅  jiù OC: ɡuʔ MC: gɨu 4 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • n[post-N]one's mother's brother; wife's brother
    叔  shū OC: qhljɯwɡ MC: ɕuk 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nfather's younger brother. 2. husband's younger brother. Cannot be extended in this latter sense
    伯  bó MC: paek OC: praaɡ 1 AttributionWD
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    • nfather's elder brother 2. Husband's elder brother. No extended usage.
    仲父  zhòng fù MC: drjuwngH bjuX OC: ɡrluŋs baʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPfigurative"uncle" - the honorific title given to Guan3 Zhong4 by Duke Huán of QíLZ
    伯叔  bó shū OC: praaɡ qhljɯwɡ MC: pɣɛk ɕuk 0 AttributionsWD

    Bó shū 伯叔 refers to the father's brothers.

      Syntactic words
    諸父  zhū fù OC: klja baʔ MC: tɕi̯ɤ bi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluraluncles, 伯父 and 叔父

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