伯伯
báh-báh1.(informal, affectionate) paternal uncle father's elder brother
2.(informal, affectionate) uncle a term of respect for someone who is older than one's father
3.father
4.paternal aunt (father's sister, or wife of father's elder brother)
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Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0): en.wiktionary.org/wiki/伯伯. Mandarin: bóbo,bǎibai,bāibai,bǒbó,1nb=standard in Mainland and Taiwan,2nb=colloquial variant in Mainland,3nb=colloquial variant in Mainland,4nb=variant in Taiwan.
Related words
- 伯公báh-gŭng
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- 1. great-uncle paternal grandfather's elder brother
- 2. uncle-in-law husband's father's elder brother
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依伯 ĭ-báh
- 1. paternal uncle father's elder brother
- 2. uncle a term of respect for someone who is slightly older than one's father
- 大伯duâi-bák
大伯 duâi-bák
- 1. paternal uncle father's elder brother, especially his eldest brother
- 2. brother-in-law husband's elder brother
- 3. A term of address to a man older than one's father.
- 後伯âu-bák
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捌字伯 báik-cê-báh
- 1. (derogatory) someone who knows a lot and brags about it
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child-in-law's elder brother
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