伯仲叔季

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	2nd in seniority	uncle in direct address	season; period
trad. (伯仲叔季)		伯	仲	叔	季
simp. #(伯仲叔季)		伯	仲	叔	季

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bózhòngshūjì, bózhòngshújì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄅㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ zung⁶ suk¹ gwai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bózhòngshūjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bójhòngshujì
    • Wade–Giles: po²-chung⁴-shu¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: bwó-jùng-shū-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borjonqshujih
    • Palladius: бочжуншуцзи (bočžunšuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bózhòngshújì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bójhòngshújì
    • Wade–Giles: po²-chung⁴-shu²-chi⁴
    • Yale: bwó-jùng-shú-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borjonqshwujih
    • Palladius: бочжуншуцзи (bočžunšuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʂu³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ zung⁶ suk¹ gwai³
    • Yale: baak juhng sūk gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ dzung⁶ suk⁷ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ zung⁶ sug¹ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʊŋ²² sʊk̚⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/

Idiom

伯仲叔季

1. eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers

Usage notes

This sequence was commonly used in personal names, especially courtesy names of ancient Chinese people, e.g. the courtesy names of the eldest four sons of Sun Jian were 伯符 (Bófú, “Sun Ce, eldest”), 仲謀／仲谋 (Zhòngmóu, “Sun Quan, second”), 叔弼 (Shūbì, “Sun Yi, third”) and 季佐 (Jìzuǒ, “Sun Kuang, fourth”) respectively

See also

• 排行 (páiháng)
• 甲乙丙丁 (jiǎyǐbǐngdīng)