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舅舅 meaning in English

jiùjiu

mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal)

HSK 7-9noun26 strokes

Meaning of 舅舅

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiùjiu
  1. mother's brother
  2. maternal uncle (informal)

Measure word: 個|个

舅舅 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ舅jiù舅jiù让ràng我wǒ担dān任rèn翻fān译yì。
My uncle made me serve as interpreter.
我wǒ待dài在zài东dōng京jīng的de舅jiù舅jiù家jiā。
I am staying with my uncle in Tokyo.
我wǒ的de舅jiù舅jiù在zài弹dàn吉jí他tā。
My uncle is playing the guitar.
我wǒ们men睡shuì在zài我wǒ舅jiù舅jiù家jiā。
We're spending the night at my uncle's house.
妈mā妈mā，为wèi什shén么me我wǒ没méi有yǒu长zhǎng胡hú子zi的de舅jiù舅jiù呢ne？
Mommy, why don't I have an uncle with a beard?

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舅 jiù · mother's brother · 13 strokes

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舅 jiù · mother's brother · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 舅舅.

舅父jiùfùmother's brother; maternal uncle
舅妈jiùmā(coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife

Questions about 舅舅

What does 舅舅 mean?

舅舅 (jiùjiu) means "mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 舅舅?

舅舅 is made of 2 characters: 舅 (13 strokes), 舅 (13 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

Is 舅舅 an HSK word?

Yes. 舅舅 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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