HSK 5 · Family

舅舅 jiùjiu “mother’s brother” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 舅舅 means

  1. mother’s brother
  2. maternal uncle (informal)

Measure word 个 gè · 一个舅舅 yí ge jiùjiu

How to say 舅舅

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale舅jiù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own舅jiuneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

舅舅 in a sentence

  1. 我想和你的舅舅谈一谈。

    Wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ de jiùjiu tán yi tán.

    I’d like to have a word with your uncle.

    Sentence #3044029 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 舅舅的公司上个月推出了一款新产品。

    Jiùjiu de gōngsī shàng ge yuè tuīchū le yì kuǎn xīn chǎnpǐn.

    My uncle’s company launched a new product last month.

    Sentence #1468437 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我的舅舅在弹吉他。

    Wǒ de jiùjiu zài tán jítā.

    My uncle is playing the guitar.

    Sentence #2635811 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 舅舅 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 舅 (jiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
舅jiùmaternal uncle
  • 臼mortar · jiùSound part
  • 男man · nánMeaning part

男 hints at the meaning (man); 臼 (jiù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiù.

The character 舅 (jiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
舅jiùmaternal unclelight in 舅舅
  • 臼mortar · jiùSound part
  • 男man · nánMeaning part

男 hints at the meaning (man); 臼 (jiù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiu.

How to write 舅舅

舅 13 strokes

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舅舅 (jiùjiu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 舅舅 (jiùjiu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 舅舅

More words: People, Body & Health

家庭jiātíng · family家务jiāwù · household duties嘉宾jiābīn · esteemed guest嫁jià · (of a woman) to marry老百姓lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people姥姥lǎolao · grandma (mother’s mother)老婆lǎopo · wife (informal)离婚líhūn · to divorce

FAQs

舅舅 (jiùjiu) means “mother’s brother” or “maternal uncle (informal)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiùjiu: jiù with a 4th tone, then jiu with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 舅舅 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one mother’s brother is 一个舅舅 (yí ge jiùjiu).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiujiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 舅舅 from the suggestions. Typing jiujiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
舅舅 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.