伯

bó

HSK 7-94 readings

“Father's elder brother” in Chinese is 伯 (bó).

Other characters with the syllable bo: see all 13 →

Meaning

father's elder brother
senior
paternal elder uncle

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eldest of brothers
respectful form of address
Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
variant of 霸[ba4]
one hundred (old)

Example

昨日我伯伯买了只狗。

Yesterday my uncle bought a dog.

From 伯伯 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

bófather's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位
bǎione hundred (old)
bàvariant of 霸

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 伯

伯伯bóbofather's elder brotherHSK 7-9 伯父bófùfather's elder brotherHSK 7-9 伯母bómǔwife of father's elder brotherHSK 7-9 阿拉伯语ĀlābóyǔArabic (language)HSK 7-9

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