伯母

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Coordinate terms 1.1.2 Related terms 1.2 References 2 Mandarin 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 References

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
伯	母

[edit] Noun

伯母 (hiragana おば, romaji oba)

1. aunt (older than one’s parent)

[edit] 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)’”)

[edit] 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’”)

[edit] References

• Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

伯母

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pɔ˧˥mu˨˩˦ ]

[edit] Noun

伯母 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bómǔ)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) aunt (wife of father's older brother)
2. (Elementary Mandarin) a term of respect for a woman who is roughly the same age as one's aunt (wife of father's older brother)

[edit] References

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