伯仲

Chinese

		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
simp. and trad. (伯仲)		伯	仲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bózhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ zung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek-tiōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bózhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bójhòng
    • Wade–Giles: po²-chung⁴
    • Yale: bwó-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borjonq
    • Palladius: бочжун (bočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ zung⁶
    • Yale: baak juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: pik-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekdiong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ³³/

Noun

伯仲

1. (literary, literal) eldest brother and second eldest brother
2. (literary, figurative) seniority; rank; superiority and inferiority
3. (literary, figurative) equally capable individuals

Derived terms

• 一時伯仲 / 一时伯仲
• 不分伯仲 (bùfēnbózhòng)
• 不相伯仲 (bùxiàngbózhòng)
• 伯仲之間 / 伯仲之间
• 伯仲叔季 (bózhòngshūjì)
• 伯仲間 / 伯仲间
• 相伯仲