伯姆

Chinese

	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	governess
trad. (伯姆)	伯	姆
simp. ^#(伯姆)	伯	姆
alternative forms	伯娓 Hakka

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pak-mê

(Hailu, HRS): bag me^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): bag⁵ mê¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peh-ḿ

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pak-mê
  - Hakka Romanization System: bag^ˋ me^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bag⁵ me¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pak̚² me²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bag me^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /pak⁵⁻² me⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bag⁵ mê¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pak̚¹ me⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-ḿ
  - Tâi-lô: peh-ḿ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pehmr
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ m̩⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ m̩⁵³/

Noun

伯姆

(Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
(Hakka) Term of address to the mother of one's friend or colleague.
(Taiwanese Hokkien) paternal uncle and his wife (father's elder brother and his wife)
A transliteration of the German surname Böhm

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		伯母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯母
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大媽
	Taiwan	伯母
	Harbin	大娘
	Shenyang	大娘
	Singapore	伯母
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大娘
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	大媽
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大媽, 大娘
	Wanrong	娘, 親嬤, 大大
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	嬤
	Xi'an	媽媽
	Xuzhou	大娘
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大媽, 親媽 Hui
	Lanzhou	禡禡
	Ürümqi	嬸嬸
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	伯娘, 伯母
	Wuhan	女伯伯, 伯媽, 伯伯
	Guiyang	伯媽
	Liuzhou	伯媽, 伯娘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	大媽
	Yangzhou	大媽媽
	Nantong	嬤嬤
	Hefei	大大
Cantonese	Guangzhou	伯娘
	Hong Kong	伯娘
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	伯娘
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	伯娘, 伯母 face-to-face
	Macau	伯母
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	伯娘
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿娘
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿因
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿娘, 伯娘 face-to-face
	Foshan	伯母
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿娘
	Foshan (Shunde)	伯娘
	Foshan (Sanshui)	伯娘
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	伯母
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	伯母
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	伯母
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿姆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	伯姆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿姆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿姆
	Taishan	阿姆, 姆
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姆
	Enping (Niujiang)	伯娘
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿姆 face-to-face, 伯姆 non-face-to-face
	Dongguan	伯娘
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿娘
	Yangjiang	阿姆
	Xinyi	伯奶
	Nanning	伯母, 伯娘
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	伯母
	Singapore (Guangfu)	伯娘
Gan	Nanchang	母娘, 伯娘
	Lichuan	大娘, 大兒
	Pingxiang	姆姆
Hakka	Meixian	伯姆
	Xingning	阿劃
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	伯娘, 阿娘 face-to-face
	Huidong (Daling)	阿娘
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿娘
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	伯母
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿娘
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	伯姆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	伯姆
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿姆
	Changting	伯姆
	Wuping	伯姆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	伯姆
	Liancheng	伯姆
	Ninghua	姐姐
	Yudu	伯奶, 奶奶
	Ruijin	娭娭
	Shicheng	姐姐
	Shangyou (Shexi)	姐姐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	伯姆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	伯姆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	伯姆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	伯姆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	伯姆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	伯㜷
	Hong Kong	阿娘, 伯娘
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿娘, 伯娘
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿娘
	Singkawang	伯姆
Huizhou	Jixi	媽媽, 媽
Jin	Taiyuan	媽媽, 媽, 大娘
Jin	Xinzhou	伯娘, 伯娘啊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伯奶, 奶奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依姆, 姆姆
	Fuqing	姆
	Matsu	依姆
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿姆, 姆仔, 姆
	Quanzhou	阿姆, 姆仔, 姆
	Zhangzhou	阿姆, 姆
	Kaohsiung	阿姆
	Yilan	阿姆
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿姆
	Taichung	阿姆
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿姆
	Tainan	阿姆
	Taitung	阿姆
	Hsinchu	阿姆
	Penghu (Magong)	阿姆
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿姆, 姆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿姆
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿姆
	Chaozhou	阿姆
	Shantou	阿姆, 姆姆
	Shantou (Chenghai)	阿姆
	Jieyang	阿姆, 姆
	Haifeng	姆
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿姆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿姆
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿姆
	Leizhou	姆, 尼姆
	Wenchang	伯姩
	Haikou	伯姩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	伯姩
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	伯母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	伯娘
Wu	Shanghai	大媽媽, 大姆媽
	Shanghai (Chongming)	媽媽
	Suzhou	姆娒
	Danyang	娘娘
	Hangzhou	大媽媽, 大姆媽
	Ningbo	阿姆
	Wenzhou	阿嬤
	Jinhua	姆媽
Xiang	Changsha	伯媽, 伯伯
	Loudi	伯唧
	Shuangfeng	伯基
	Hengyang	伯娘

Derived terms

老伯姆

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Böhm 伯姆 [德、罗、捷、瑞典]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 331.