伯父

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伯	父

Noun

伯父 (hiragana おじ, romaji oji)

1. uncle (older than one’s parent)

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• 叔父 (おじ, oji, “uncle (younger than one’s parent)”)
• おじさん (ojisan, “uncle (polite)”)
• 小父さん (おじさん, ojisan, “man, old man, mister”)

References

• Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
伯父

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pɔ˧˥fu˥˩ ]

Noun

伯父 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bófù)

1. father's elder brother
2. a term of respect for someone who is slightly older than one's father

Synonyms

• 伯伯

Related terms

• 伯母

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: