伯勞

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	toil
trad. (伯勞)		伯	勞
simp. (伯劳)		伯	劳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ lou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek-lô / pit-lô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóláo
    • Wade–Giles: po²-lao²
    • Yale: bwó-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borlau
    • Palladius: болао (bolao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóláor
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóláor
    • Wade–Giles: po²-lao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bwó-láur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borlaul
    • Palladius: болаор (bolaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ laʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ lou⁴
    • Yale: baak lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ lou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-lô
    • Tâi-lô: pik-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peklooi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pit-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitloo
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ lɔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: paek law

Rime
Character	伯	勞
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	博陌切	魯刀切
Baxter	paek	law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠæk̚/	/lɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚak̚/	/lɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/pak̚/	/lɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨjk̚/	/law/
Li Rong	/pɐk̚/	/lɑu/
Wang Li	/pɐk̚/	/lɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɐk̚/	/lɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	láo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak1	lou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak  [r]ˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡ  raːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伯	勞
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó	láo
Middle Chinese	‹ pæk ›	‹ law ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrak/	/*[r]ˁaw/
English	father’s elder brother	toil
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伯	勞
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	193	7647
Phonetic component	白	勞
Rime group	鐸	宵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	伯	勞
Old Chinese	/*praːɡ/	/*raːw/

Noun

伯勞

1. (～鳥) shrike

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯勞 (“shrike”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鶪, 鵙, 鴃, 伯勞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯勞
Taxonomic name		伯勞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	虎不拉
	Taiwan	伯勞, 伯勞鳥
Cantonese	Hong Kong	伯勞
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	伯勞嫲, 鴃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	伯勞嫲, 伯勞仔, 鴃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	伯勞嫲, 鴃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	伯勞嫲, 鴃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	伯勞嫲, 鴃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	伯勞, 伯勞嘴, 鴃
Southern Min	Xiamen	伯勞
	Taipei	伯勞
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	伯勞
	Kaohsiung	伯勞仔
	Tainan	臭伯勞仔

Derived terms

• 伯勞飛燕／伯劳飞燕