| 山姆大叔 |
Shān mǔ Dà shū |
Uncle Sam |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 山姆 |
Shān mǔ |
(name) Sam |
| 姆 |
m1 |
used in 姆妈 |
| 姆 |
mǔ |
(old) female tutor / used in 保姆 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大叔 |
dà shū |
eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) |
| 叔 |
shū |
uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] |