伯母

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伯	母

Noun

伯母 (hiragana おば, romaji oba)

1. aunt (older than one’s parent)

Coordinate terms

• 叔母 (おば, oba, “aunt (younger than one’s parent)”)
• 叔父 (おじ, oji, “uncle (younger than one’s parent)”)
• 伯父 (おじ, oji, “uncle (older than one’s parent)”)

Related terms

• 叔母 (おば, oba, “aunt (younger than one’s parent)”)
• おばさん (obasan, “aunt (polite)”)
• 小母さん (おばさん, obasan, “lady, old lady, ma'am”)

References

• Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
伯母

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pɔ˧˥mu˨˩˦ ]

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Noun

伯母 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bómǔ)

1. wife of father's older brother
2. a term of respect for a woman who is roughly the same age as one's mother

Synonyms

1. 大娘

Related terms

• 伯父

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: