伯勞

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	toil
trad. (伯勞)		伯	勞
simp. (伯劳)		伯	劳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ lou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): pek-lô / pit-lô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bóláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borlau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóláo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: bóláor
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄠˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borlaul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóláor
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ³⁵ laʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ lou⁴
    • Yale: baak lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /päːk̚³ lou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-lô
    • Tâi-lô: pik-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peklooi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pit-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitloo
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ lɔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠæk̚  lɑu/

Rime
Character	伯	勞
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	博陌切	魯刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠæk̚/	/lɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚak̚/	/lɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/pak̚/	/lɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨjk̚/	/law/
Li Rong	/pɐk̚/	/lɑu/
Wang Li	/pɐk̚/	/lɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɐk̚/	/lɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	láo

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak  [r]ˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡ  raːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伯	勞
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó	láo
Middle Chinese	‹ pæk ›	‹ law ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrak/	/*[r]ˁaw/
English	father’s elder brother	toil
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伯	勞
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	193	7647
Phonetic component	白	勞
Rime group	鐸	宵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	伯	勞
Old Chinese	/*praːɡ/	/*raːw/

Noun

伯勞

1. (～鳥) shrike

Synonyms

• 鴃／𫛞 (jué)

Dialectal synonyms of 伯勞 (“shrike”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鶪, 伯勞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯勞
Taxonomic name		伯勞
Mandarin	Beijing	虎不拉
	Taiwan	伯勞, 伯勞鳥
Cantonese	Hong Kong	伯勞
Min Nan	Xiamen	伯勞
	Taipei	伯勞
	Kaohsiung	伯勞仔
	Tainan	臭伯勞仔
	Sanxia	伯勞

Derived terms

• 伯勞飛燕／伯劳飞燕