伯祖

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (伯祖)		伯	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bózǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bózǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bózǔ
    • Wade–Giles: po²-tsu³
    • Yale: bwó-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bortzuu
    • Palladius: боцзу (boczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ zou²
    • Yale: baak jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Noun

伯祖

1. granduncle; great-uncle (paternal grandfather's elder brother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯祖 (“great-uncle (paternal grandfather's elder brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯祖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	伯爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	伯公
	Hong Kong	伯公
Hakka	Meixian	伯公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	伯公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	伯公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	伯公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	伯公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	伯公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	伯公
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伯公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伯公
Southern Min	Xiamen	伯公
	Quanzhou	伯公
	Zhangzhou	伯公
	Tainan	伯公
	Jieyang	老伯
	Leizhou	伯公