伯祖父

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	paternal grandfather
simp. and trad. (伯祖父)		伯	祖父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bózǔfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bózǔfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bózǔfù
    • Wade–Giles: po²-tsu³-fu⁴
    • Yale: bwó-dzǔ-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bortzuufuh
    • Palladius: боцзуфу (boczufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/

Noun

伯祖父

1. paternal 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
	Xingning	伯公
	Huidong (Daling)	伯公
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	伯公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	伯公
	Changting	伯公
	Wuping	伯公
	Wuping (Pingyu)	伯公
	Liancheng	伯公
	Ninghua	伯公
	Ruijin	公公
	Shicheng	大公
	Shangyou (Shexi)	大爹
	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