伯伯

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
simp. and trad. (伯伯)		伯	伯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóbo, bǎibai, bāibai

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄛ˙, ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄞ˙, ㄅㄞ ㄅㄞ˙

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ baak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bóbo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄛ˙
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor.bo
    • IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎibai
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄞ˙
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bae.bai
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴ b̥aɪ̯⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāibai
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞ ㄅㄞ˙
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bai.bai
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵⁵ b̥aɪ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ baak³
    • Yale: baak baak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ baak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ bag³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚³ pɑːk̚³/

Noun

伯伯

1. (informal, affectionate) unc: elder (paternal) uncle, one's father's older brother
2. (informal, affectionate) unc: a term of respect for someone who is slightly older than one's father

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 阿伯 (ābó)
• (formal) 伯父 (bófù)
• (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)