阿伯

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Chinese

phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
 
simp. and trad.
(阿伯) 		阿 伯
alternative forms 阿北 Taiwanese Hokkien

Pronunciation

Noun

阿伯

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, dialectal Mandarin) paternal uncle (father's elder brother)
    去叫恁阿伯。
    Khì kiò lín a-peh.
    Go call your uncle.
  2. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, informal) old man
    有個阿伯成日坐喺度食煙，臭到死。
    有个阿伯成日坐喺度食烟，臭到死。
    jau5 go3 aa3 baak3 seng4 jat6 co5 hai2 dou6 sik6 jin1, cau3 dou3 sei2.
    There's always an old man who sits here and smokes, and it reeks.
  3. (Liuzhou Mandarin, dialectal Wu) brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯父 (“paternal uncle (father's elder brother)”)
Variety Location Words
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
Jieyang 阿伯
Haifeng 伯, 阿伯
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 大伯子 (“brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大伯子, 大伯
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 大伯子, 大大伯兒
Harbin 大伯子, 大伯哥
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 大伯子, 大伯, 大伯哥
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 大伯
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 大伯子, 大伯
Wanrong 阿伯子
Xi'an 阿伯子哥
Xining 大伯子, 阿伯子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 阿伯子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 大伯子
Ürümqi 大伯子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 大伯子
Wuhan 伯子, 大伯
Guiyang 大伯, 大伯子
Liuzhou 大伯佬, 阿伯
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 大伯子
Yangzhou 大伯子
Hefei 大伯子
Cantonese Guangzhou 大伯, 大伯爺
Hong Kong 大伯
Dongguan 大伯
Yangjiang 大伯
Gan Nanchang 大伯子, 霞伯
Pingxiang 伯仔
Hakka Meixian 大郎
Yudu 大伯子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 大郎伯, 大伯
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 大伯
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 大郎伯, 大伯
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 大郎伯, 大伯
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 大郎伯, 大伯
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 大伯
Jin Taiyuan 大伯子
Xinzhou 大伯子
Northern Min Jian'ou 大伯
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大伯
Southern Min Xiamen 大伯 eldest-brother
Xiamen (Tong'an) 安哥仔
Tainan 大伯仔 GT
Chaozhou 大伯
Jieyang 大伯
Haikou 大伯 eldest brother
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 大伯, 伯爺
Wu Shanghai 大伯
Shanghai (Chongming) 阿伯
Suzhou 大伯, 伯伯
Hangzhou 大伯
Ningbo 阿伯
Wenzhou 大伯爺, 伯爺
Jinhua 大伯
Xiang Changsha 伯爺子
Shuangfeng 老伯子

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Ah Pek
  • → Malay: aboi
  • → Peranakan Indonesian: aboi
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