伯父

Chinese

		paternal uncle	father
simp. and trad. (伯父)		伯	父

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bófù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ fu⁶, baak³ fu^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): piak-hǔ / pek-hū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bófù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borfuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ fu⁶, baak³ fu^6-2
  - Yale: baak fuh, baak fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ fu⁶, baak⁸ fu^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ fu⁶, bag³ fu²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚³ fuː²²/, /pɑːk̚³ fuː²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak-hǔ
  - Tâi-lô: piak-hǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-hū
  - Tâi-lô: pik-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pekhu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hu²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²²/

Noun

伯父

(formal) uncle: elder (paternal) uncle, one's father's older brother
(formal) uncle: a term of respect for someone who is slightly older than one's father

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 阿伯 (ābó)
(informal, affectionate) 伯伯 (bóbo)
(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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伯	父
Grade: S	Grade: 2

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おじ [òjí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ʑi]

Noun

伯父 (hiragana おじ, rōmaji oji)

uncle (older than one’s parent)

Coordinate terms

叔 (お)母 (ば) (oba): aunt (younger than one’s parent)
伯 (お)母 (ば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
叔 (お)父 (じ) (oji): uncle (younger than one’s parent)

Related terms

叔 (お)父 (じ) (oji): uncle (younger than one’s parent)
おじさん (ojisan): uncle (polite)
小 (お)父 (じ)さん (ojisan): man, old man, mister

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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