伯伯

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
simp. and trad. (伯伯)		伯	伯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bóbo, bǎibai, bāibai

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ, ㄅㄞˇ ˙ㄅㄞ, ㄅㄞ ˙ㄅㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ baak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bóbo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor.bo
  - IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎibai
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ˙ㄅㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bae.bai
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴ b̥aɪ̯⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāibai
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞ ˙ㄅㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bai.bai
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵⁵ b̥aɪ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ baak³
  - Yale: baak baak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ baak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ bag³
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚³ pɑːk̚³/

Noun

伯伯

(informal, affectionate) uncle: elder (paternal) uncle, one's father's older brother
(informal, affectionate) uncle: a term of respect for someone who is slightly older than one's father
(dialectal) father
(dialectal) paternal aunt (father's sister, or wife of father's elder brother)

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 阿伯 (ābó)
(formal) 伯父 (bófù)
(regional) 大爺／大爷 (dàyé)

Related terms

(elder maternal uncle) 伯母 (bómǔ)

See also

(formal, younger paternal uncle) 叔父 (shūfù), (informal, affectionate) 叔叔 (shūshu)
(husband of a paternal aunt) 姑父 (gūfu), 姑丈 (gūzhàng)

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