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伯

bó

HSK 6 Character

What 伯 means

1. father's elder brother
2. senior
3. paternal elder uncle
4. eldest of brothers
5. respectful form of address
6. Count, third of five orders of nobility {五等爵位|wǔ děng jué wèi}

Other readings

伯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bǎione hundred (old)
• bàvariant of {霸|bà}

Example sentences

• 鲍伯在话剧社。
  Bào bó zài huàjù shè.
  Bob is in the drama club.
• 他写阿拉伯文。
  Tā xiě ālābówén.
  He writes Arabic.
• 她要去鲍伯家。
  She is going to Bob's.
• 我住在我的伯父家
  Wǒ zhù zài wǒ de bófù jiā
  I am boarding with my uncle.
• 你是阿拉伯人吗？
  Nǐ shì ālābórén ma?
  Are you an Arab?
• 我是西伯利亚人。
  Wǒ shì Xībólìyà rén.
  I am Siberian.

Words starting with 伯

• 伯母bó mǔwife of father's elder brother; aunt…
• 伯爵bó juéearl; count; earldom or countship (old)
• 伯父bó fùfather's elder brother; term of respect for older man
• 伯伯bó bofather's elder brother; uncle
• 伯乐Bó lèBole…
• 伯明翰Bó míng hànBirmingham
• 伯颜Bà yánBayan of the Baarin (1236–1295), Mongol general under Kublai Khan who led the conquest of…
• 伯尔尼Bó ěr níBern, capital of Switzerland
• 伯妈bó mā(dialect) wife of father's older brother; aunt
• 伯都bó dōu(archaic; dialect) tiger
• 伯克利Bó kè lìBerkeley
• 伯南克Bó nán kèBen Bernanke (1953–), US economist and chair of the Federal Reserve 2006–2014
• 伯特兰Bó tè lán(name) Bertrand
• 伯特兰德Bó tè lán dé(name) Bertrand
• 伯里克利Bó lǐ kè lìPericles (c. 495–429 BC), Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War
• 伯劳bó láoshrike
• 伯赛大Bó sài dàBethsaida, settlement mentioned in the New Testament near the Sea of Galilee
• 伯恩Bó ēn(Taiwan) Bern, capital of Switzerland
• 伯恩斯Bó ēn sī(surname) Burns; Nicholas Burns (1956–), US ambassador to China 2022–2025
• 伯杰Bó jié(surname) Berger
• 伯利兹Bó lì zīBelize
• 伯仲之间bó zhòng zhī jiānalmost on a par
• 伯莎Bó shā(name) Bertha
• 伯娘bó niángwife of father's older brother; aunt

Words containing 伯

• 阿拉伯Ā lā bóArabian; Arabic; Arab
• 阿拉伯人Ā lā bó rénArab; Arabian; Arabian people
• 大伯dà bóhusband's older brother; father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother)
• 阿拉伯语Ā lā bó yǔArabic (language)
• 西伯利亚Xī bó lì yàSiberia
• 阿拉伯文Ā lā bó wénArabic (language & writing)
• 韦伯wéi bóweber (unit of magnetic flux, Wb)
• 陈伯达Chén Bó dáChen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
• 老伯lǎo bóuncle (polite form of address for older male)
• 沙特阿拉伯Shā tè Ā lā bóSaudi Arabia
• 希伯来Xī bó láiHebrew
• 唐伯虎Táng Bó hǔTang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern…
• 亚伯拉罕Yà bó lā hǎn(name) Abraham; Abraham, Biblical patriarch regarded as the founder of monotheism
• 罗伯茨Luó bó cíRoberts
• 刘伯温Liú Bó wēnLiu Bowen (1311–1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋
• 萧伯纳Xiāo bó nàGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
• 世伯shì bóuncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend
• 亚伯Yà bóAbe (short form for Abraham); Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies
• 将伯qiāng bóto ask for assistance
• 亚拉伯Yà lā bó(old) Arabia
• 大伯子dà bǎi zi(colloquial) husband's elder brother
• 班伯利Bān bó lìBunbury, coastal city in Western Australia
• 班伯里Bān bó lǐBunbury, coastal city in Western Australia; Banbury, town in Oxfordshire, England
• 约伯记Yuē bó jìBook of Job (in the Old Testament)

Characters built on 白

These share the phonetic component 白 (bái), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 泊pōlake; Taiwan pr. bó
• 舶bóship
• 珀pòused in 琥珀
• 铂bóplatinum (chemistry)
• 魄pò(literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
• 帛bósilk
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Characters that look like 伯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 怕pàto be afraid; to fear; to dread
• 伪wěifalse; fake; forged
• 侦zhēnto scout; to spy; to detect
• 怡yíharmony; pleased
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle

Sounds the same

Read bó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 博(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 膊shoulder; upper arm
• 薄meager; slight; weak
• 脖neck
• 勃flourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 驳variegated; heterogeneous; to refute
• 舶ship
• 搏to fight; to combat; to seize
• 泊to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful
• 帛silk
• 卜used in 萝卜
• 铂platinum (chemistry)