伯 (baak3 | bo2 bai3) : uncle; father's elder brother

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伯

baak3

bo2 bai3

[1] [n] uncle; father's elder brother [2] [AC] first of brothers [3] term of address for husband elder brother (the mother following children's address) [4] [n] feudal rank of the nobility (count) [5] term of honor [6] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

伯

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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阿伯 aa3 baak3 = uncle (father's older brother); polite way of addressing an older person 粵

伯伯 baak3 baak3 bo2 bo5 = father's elder brother; uncle

伯母 baak3 mou5*2 bo2 mu3 = wife of father's elder brother; aunt

伯父 baak3 fu6*2 bo2 fu4 = father's elder brother; uncle 國

大伯 daai6 baak3 da4 bo2 = husband's older brother; brother-in-law

阿拉伯語 aa3 laai1 baak3 jyu5 = Arabic (language)

老伯 lou5 baak3 = uncle (or a courtesy title denoting respect)

世伯 sai3 baak3 = uncle, brother who are friends of the family or clan

瞥伯 pit3 baak3 = a peeping tom

伯爺 baak3 je1 = father 粵
See all 69 compounds (CantoDict reports 71 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 伯
Unicode code for this character: U+4f2f (off-site link)

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