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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bà | ba4
English translation
variant of [bà]
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bǎi | bai3
English translation
one hundred (old)
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bó | bo2
English translation
father's elder brother
senior
paternal elder uncle
eldest of brothers
respectful form of address
Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔ děng jué wèi [wǔ děng jué wèi]
older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻白

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Bái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and Bái represents the sound.

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弗雷德·希尔德伯特 sǒng 了耸那暄 de Kuān 肩膀 jiānbǎng .

Fred Hildebert shrugged his big soft shoulders.

" 杰斯遭人 hèn shì 活该 huógāi ya -- zài 这块地方 dìfāng , zài Bié xiǎng 有人 yǒu rén yǐn 布道 bù dào le .

" Well , Burgess deserves it -- he will never get another congregation here.

阿丑道:“伯伯 bó bo , 什么 shénme jiào 关系 guānxi ? ”

" Eldest Uncle, what does ` relations'mean? "

Wén wán xiào dào :伯母 bómǔ , yǒu 辛楣 péi , xiē 什么 shénme !

Wen - wan said with a laugh, " Auntie , with Hsin - mei along, what are you afraid of!

Ā Chǒu āo le 一会 yī huì , shuì : “ 伯伯 bó bo , 这枝铅笔 qiānbǐ 好看 hǎo kàn hěn .

Ah Ch'ou endured a while longer , then said, " Eldest Uncle, your pencil is so pretty.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
senior
阿拉伯 Ā lā bó Arabian阿拉伯 Ā lā bó
伯爵 bó jué earl伯爵 bó jué
罗伯特 Luó bó tè Robert (name)羅伯特
韦伯 Wéi bó Webb, Webber or Weber (name)韋伯
老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male)老伯 lǎo bó
西伯利亚 Xī bó lì yà Siberia西伯利亞
沙特阿拉伯 Shā tè Ā lā bó Saudi Arabia沙特阿拉伯 Shā tè Ā lā bó
大伯 dà bó brother-in-law大伯 dà bó
伯父 bó fù father's elder brother伯父 bó fù
伯伯 bó bo uncle伯伯 bó bo
阿拉伯人 Ā lā bó rén Arab阿拉伯人 Ā lā bó rén
伯明翰 Bó míng hàn Birmingham伯明翰 Bó míng hàn
伯母 bómǔ aunt伯母 bómǔ
阿拉伯语 Ā lā bó yǔ Arabic (language)阿拉伯語
希伯来 Xī bó lái Hebrew希伯來
伯恩 Bó ēn Bern or Berne, capital of Switzerland (Tw)伯恩 Bó ēn
伯乐 Bó Lè talent scout伯樂
伯南克 Bó nán kè Bernanke (name)伯南克 Bó nán kè

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