伯父

Chinese

		paternal uncle	father
simp. and trad. (伯父)		伯	父

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bófù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ fu⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pek-hū / piak-hǔ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁴ bê⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷paq-vu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bófù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bófù
    • Wade–Giles: po²-fu⁴
    • Yale: bwó-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borfuh
    • Palladius: бофу (bofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ fu⁶
    • Yale: baak fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ fuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-hū
    • Tâi-lô: pik-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekhu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hu²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: piak-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁴ bê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: peh pĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ²⁻⁴ pe³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷paq-vu
    • MiniDict: pah^入 vu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴paq-vu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /paʔ³³ vu⁴⁴/

Noun

伯父

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

Synonyms

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

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

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)

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ fu^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ fu^6-2
    • Yale: baak fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ fu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ fu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ fuː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

伯父

1. (Cantonese) old man, especially one who is creepy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伯	父
おじ
Grade: S	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おじ [òjí] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ʑi]

Noun

伯父(おじ) • (oji) 

1. uncle (older than one’s parent)

Usage notes

• This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.

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(おじ)さん (ojisan): man, old man, mister

References

1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
伯	父

Noun

伯父 • (baekbu) (hangeul 백부)

1. hanja form^? of 백부 (“uncle”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
伯	父

Noun

伯父

1. chữ Hán form of bá phụ (“uncle”).