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

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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: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-lô
    • Tâi-lô: pik-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peklooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ²³/

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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

Derived terms

• 伯勞飛燕／伯劳飞燕