四叔

Chinese

		four	uncle in direct address
simp. and trad. (四叔)		四	叔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìshū, sìshú

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ, ㄙˋ ㄕㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ suk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-chek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhshu
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-shu¹
  - Yale: sz̀-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshu
  - Palladius: сышу (syšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìshú
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄕㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhshú
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-shu²
  - Yale: sz̀-shú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshwu
  - Palladius: сышу (syšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ suk¹
  - Yale: sei sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ sʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-chek
  - Tâi-lô: sì-tsik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siezeg
  - IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/

Noun

四叔

fourth eldest among one's father's younger brothers

See also

二叔 (èrshū)
三叔 (sānshū)

Proper noun

四叔

(Hong Kong, informal) Billionaire businessman Lee Shau-kee, so nicknamed in the popular press because he was his father's fourth child