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Chinese
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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
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toil
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trad. (伯勞)
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伯
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勞
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simp. (伯劳)
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伯
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劳
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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伯
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勞
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bó
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láo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pæk ›
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‹ law ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pˁrak/
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/*ˁaw/
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English
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father’s elder brother
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toil
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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伯
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勞
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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No.
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193
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7647
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Phonetic component
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白
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勞
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Rime group
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鐸
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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伯
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勞
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Old Chinese
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/*praːɡ/
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/*raːw/
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Noun
伯勞
- (~鳥) shrike
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
伯勞 (“shrike”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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鶪, 鵙, 鴃, 伯勞
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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伯勞
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Taxonomic name
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伯勞
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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虎不拉
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Taiwan
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伯勞, 伯勞鳥
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Cantonese
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Hong Kong
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伯勞
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Hakka
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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伯勞嫲, 鴃
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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伯勞嫲, 伯勞仔, 鴃
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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伯勞嫲, 鴃
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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伯勞嫲, 鴃
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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伯勞嫲, 鴃
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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伯勞, 伯勞嘴, 鴃
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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伯勞
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Taipei
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伯勞
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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伯勞
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Kaohsiung
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伯勞仔
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Tainan
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臭伯勞仔
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Derived terms