叔伯

Chinese

		uncle in direct address	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
simp. and trad. (叔伯)		叔	伯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūbai, shúbó

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ˙ㄅㄞ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ baak³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): suk-pak
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek-peh / chiak-peh / chek-peeh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūbai
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ˙ㄅㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shubåi
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-pai⁵
  - Yale: shū-bai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu.bai
  - Palladius: шубай (šubaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ b̥aɪ̯²/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shúbó
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shúbó
  - Wade–Giles: shu²-po²
  - Yale: shú-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwubor
  - Palladius: шубо (šubo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ baak³
  - Yale: sūk baak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ baak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ bag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ paːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: suk-pak
  - Hakka Romanization System: sug^ˋ bag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sug⁵ bag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /suk̚² pak̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-peh
  - Tâi-lô: tsik-peh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zekpeq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak-peh
  - Tâi-lô: tsiak-peh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciakpeq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-peeh
  - Tâi-lô: tsik-peeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ pɛʔ³²/

Noun

叔伯

relationship between cousins of the same grandfather or great-grandfather
叔伯兄弟 ― shūbai xiōngdì ― cousin (father's brother's son)
paternal uncle
- 我們姑娘來時，原是老太太心疼他年小，雖有叔伯，不如親父母，故此接來住幾年。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  我们姑娘来时，原是老太太心疼他年小，虽有叔伯，不如亲父母，故此接来住几年。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Wǒmen gūniáng lái shí, yuán shì lǎotàitài xīnténg tā nián xiǎo, suī yǒu shūbó, bùrú qīn fùmǔ, gùcǐ jiē lái zhù jǐ nián. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms