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father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address |
2nd in seniority
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uncle in direct address
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season; period
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伯
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仲
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叔
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季
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伯
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仲
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叔
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季
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Pronunciation
Idiom
伯仲叔季
- eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
Usage notes
This sequence was commonly used in personal names, especially courtesy names of ancient Chinese people, e.g. the courtesy names of the eldest four sons of Sun Jian were 伯符 (Bófú, “Sun Ce, eldest”), 仲謀 / 仲谋 (Zhòngmóu, “Sun Quan, second”), 叔弼 (Shūbì, “Sun Yi, third”) and 季佐 (Jìzuǒ, “Sun Kuang, fourth”) respectively
See also
- 排行 (páiháng)
- 甲乙丙丁 (jiǎyǐbǐngdīng)