阿伯

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	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. (阿伯)		阿	伯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ābó

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ baak³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): â-pak
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): a-peh / a-peeh / á-peh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ bêh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ābó
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: abó
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-po²
    • Yale: ā-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: abor
    • Palladius: або (abo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ baak³
    • Yale: a baak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ baak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ bag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ paːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-pak
    • Hakka Romanization System: a^ˊ bag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ bag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ pak̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-peh
    • Tâi-lô: a-peh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'peq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ peʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ peʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-peeh
    • Tâi-lô: a-peeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² pɛʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-peh
    • Tâi-lô: á-peh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afpeq
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ peʔ⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: a¹ bêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a peh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ peʔ²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 阿伯

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, dialectal Mandarin) paternal uncle (father's elder brother)
2. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, informal) old man

   有個阿伯成日坐喺度食煙，臭到死。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   有个阿伯成日坐喺度食烟，臭到死。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jau⁵ go³ aa³ baak³ seng⁴ jat⁶ co⁵ hai² dou⁶ sik⁶ jin¹, cau³ dou³ sei². [Jyutping]

   There's always an old man who sits here and smokes, and it reeks.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯父 (“paternal uncle (father's elder brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		世父, 伯父
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯父
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大爺, 伯伯, 大大 childish
	Taiwan	伯伯, 伯父
	Ulanhot	大爺
	Tongliao	大爺
	Chifeng	大爺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	大爺
	Harbin	大爺, 大大
	Shenyang	大爺
	Singapore	伯伯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	大爺
	Qingdao	大爹, 大爺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	伯, 大伯
	Wanrong	爸
	Zhengzhou	大爺, 老伯 Hui
	Xi'an	伯, 伯伯 Hui
	Xining	達達
	Xuzhou	大爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	大爹, 伯父
	Lanzhou	大大
	Ürümqi	伯伯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	伯伯, 伯父
	Wuhan	伯伯, 伯爺 non-face-to-face
	Guiyang	伯伯, 伯, 伯爹 dated
	Kunming	大爹
	Guilin	伯爺
	Liuzhou	阿伯, 伯
	Shanglin (Sanli)	爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	伯伯
	Yangzhou	大大
	Nantong	伯伯
	Hefei	伯伯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿伯, 伯父, 伯爺
	Hong Kong	伯伯, 阿伯, 伯父 <>
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	阿伯, 大伯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	伯, 阿伯
	Macau	阿伯 ><, 伯父 <>
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	伯父
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿爺
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿伯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿伯 ><, 阿爺 <>
	Foshan	伯父
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿伯
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿伯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿伯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿父 ><, 伯父 <>
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿伯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿伯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿伯
	Taishan	阿伯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿伯
	Enping (Niujiang)	伯爹
	Heshan (Yayao)	伯父 <>
	Dongguan	伯爺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿爺
	Shaoguan	阿伯
	Yunfu	阿伯
	Yangjiang	阿伯
	Xinyi	大爹
	Lianjiang	阿伯
	Nanning	阿伯, 伯爺
	Wuzhou	阿伯
	Yulin	伯公
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	伯父, 爺
	Danzhou	伯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿伯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿伯, 伯父
Gan	Nanchang	伯爺
	Lichuan	伯兒
	Pingxiang	伯伯
Hakka	Meixian	阿伯
	Xingning	大伯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿伯
	Huidong (Daling)	阿伯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿伯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿伯 ><, 大伯 <>
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿伯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	大伯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	大伯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿伯 ><, 伯父 <>
	Changting	大伯
	Wuping	大伯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	大伯
	Liancheng	大伯
	Ninghua	伯伯
	Yudu	伯伯, 大伯
	Ruijin	伯子
	Shicheng	大伯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	伯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿伯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿伯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿伯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿伯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿伯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿伯
	Hong Kong	阿伯
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	阿伯
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿伯
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿伯
	Singkawang	阿伯
Huizhou	Jixi	伯
	Shexian	伯伯
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	伯爺
Jin	Taiyuan	老老, 大爺
	Pingyao	伯父, 大爺
	Xinzhou	伯伯啊 face-to-face, 伯伯 non-face-to-face
	Taibus (Baochang)	大爺
	Linhe	大爹
	Jining	大爺, 爹
	Hohhot	大爺
	Baotou	大爺, 爹
	Dongsheng	老老, 爹爹
	Haibowan	大爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伯伯, 伯仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	阿伯
	Songxi	伯仔
	Zhenghe	伯仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	阿伯
	Jianyang	伯仔
	Wuyishan	伯仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	阿伯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依伯
	Fuzhou (Changle)	依伯
	Fuqing	伯, 大伯
	Yongtai	依伯
	Gutian	伯
	Fu'an	伯
	Ningde	伯
	Shouning	阿伯
	Zhouning	阿伯
	Fuding	阿爺
	Matsu	依伯
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿伯
	Quanzhou	阿伯
	Zhangzhou	阿伯
	Kaohsiung	阿伯
	Yilan	阿伯
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿伯
	Taichung	阿伯
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿伯
	Tainan	阿伯
	Taitung	阿伯
	Hsinchu	阿伯
	Penghu (Magong)	阿伯
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Chaozhou	阿伯
	Shantou	阿伯
	Haifeng	伯
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿伯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿伯
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿伯
	Leizhou	伯 face-to-face, 尼伯 non-face-to-face
	Wenchang	伯爹
	Haikou	伯爹
	Singapore (Hainanese)	伯爹
Puxian Min	Putian	阿伯
	Xianyou	阿伯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	伯父
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	伯爺, 阿爺
Wu	Shanghai	伯伯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	伯伯
	Suzhou	伯伯, 老伯伯
	Wuxi	伯伯, 大大
	Danyang	爹爹, 伯伯
	Hangzhou	伯伯
	Ningbo	伯伯
	Wenzhou	伯伯
	Jinhua	大伯
Xiang	Changsha	伯伯
	Xiangtan	伯伯
	Loudi	伯伯
	Shuangfeng	伯伯
	Hengyang	伯伯
	Quanzhou	伯伯
Note	>< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

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