伯祖母

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 grandmother
simp. and trad. (伯祖母)		伯	祖母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bózǔmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ zou² mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bózǔmǔ [Phonetic: bózúmǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bózǔmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: po²-tsu³-mu³
    • Yale: bwó-dzǔ-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bortzuumuu
    • Palladius: боцзуму (boczumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ zou² mou⁵
    • Yale: baak jóu móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ dzou² mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ zou² mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sou̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/

Noun

伯祖母

1. grandaunt; great-aunt (wife of paternal grandfather's elder brother)

Synonyms

• (dialectal) 伯婆 (bópó)
• (Taishanese) 大婆
• (Eastern Min, Hokkien) 姆婆
• (Eastern Min) 依婆