大伯

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
simp. and trad. (大伯)		大	伯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàbó

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baak³ / daai⁶ baak^3-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thai-pak

(Hailu, HRS): tai^˖ bag
Eastern Min (BUC): duâi-bák
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dua⁵ ba⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tōa-peh / tōa-peeh

(Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ bêh⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-paq; ⁶du-paq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàbó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàbó
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-po²
  - Yale: dà-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbor
  - Palladius: дабо (dabo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ baak³ / daai⁶ baak^3-2
  - Yale: daaih baak / daaih báak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baak⁸ / daai⁶ baak^8-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bag³ / dai⁶ bag^3-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² paːk̚³/, /taːi̯²² paːk̚³⁻³⁵/

Note: daai6 baak3-2 - alternative pronunciation for "brother-in-law".

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-pak
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai bag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ bag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ pak̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai^˖ bag
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³ pak⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-bák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(p-)βɑʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dua⁵ ba⁶ [Phonetic: dua⁴ a⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: duā-bā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹⁻⁴² ^(p-)a¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dua⁵ ba⁶ [Phonetic: dua⁴ wa⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua²¹⁻⁴² ^(p-)βa²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-peh
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-peh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxpeq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² peʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ peʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ peʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ peʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-peeh
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-peeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ pɛʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dua⁷ bêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā peh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ peʔ²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶da-paq; ⁶du-paq
  - MiniDict: da^去 pah; du^去 pah
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-paq; ³du-paq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² paʔ⁴⁴/, /du²² paʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

大伯

paternal uncle (father's elder brother, especially his eldest brother)
brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)
A term of address to a man older than one's father.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯父 (“paternal uncle (father's elder brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		世父, 伯父
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯父
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大爺, 伯伯, 大大 childish
	Taiwan	伯伯, 伯父
	Ulanhot	大爺
	Tongliao	大爺
	Chifeng	大爺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	大爺
	Harbin	大爺, 大大
	Shenyang	大爺
	Singapore	伯伯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	大爺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	大爹, 大爺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	伯, 大伯
	Wanrong	爸
	Zhengzhou	大爺, 老伯 Hui
	Xi'an	伯, 伯伯 Hui
	Xining	達達
	Xuzhou	大爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	大爹, 伯父
	Lanzhou	大大
	Ürümqi	伯伯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	伯伯, 伯父
	Wuhan	伯伯, 伯爺 non-face-to-face
	Guiyang	伯伯, 伯, 伯爹 dated
	Kunming	大爹
	Guilin	伯爺
	Liuzhou	阿伯, 伯
	Shanglin (Sanli)	爺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	伯伯
	Yangzhou	大大
	Nantong	伯伯
	Hefei	伯伯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿伯, 伯父, 伯爺
	Hong Kong	伯伯, 阿伯, 伯父 <>
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	阿伯, 大伯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	伯, 阿伯
	Macau	阿伯 ><, 伯父 <>
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	伯父
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿爺
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿伯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿伯 ><, 阿爺 <>
	Foshan	伯父
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿伯
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿伯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿伯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿父 ><, 伯父 <>
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿伯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿伯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿伯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿伯
	Taishan	阿伯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿伯
	Enping (Niujiang)	伯爹
	Heshan (Yayao)	伯父 <>
	Dongguan	伯爺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿爺
	Shaoguan	阿伯
	Yunfu	阿伯
	Yangjiang	阿伯
	Xinyi	大爹
	Lianjiang	阿伯
	Nanning	阿伯, 伯爺
	Wuzhou	阿伯
	Yulin	伯公
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	伯父, 爺
	Danzhou	伯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿伯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿伯, 伯父
Gan	Nanchang	伯爺
	Lichuan	伯兒
	Pingxiang	伯伯
Hakka	Meixian	阿伯
	Xingning	大伯
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿伯
	Huidong (Daling)	阿伯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿伯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿伯 ><, 大伯 <>
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿伯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	大伯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	大伯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿伯 ><, 伯父 <>
	Changting	大伯
	Wuping	大伯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	大伯
	Liancheng	大伯
	Ninghua	伯伯
	Yudu	伯伯, 大伯
	Ruijin	伯子
	Shicheng	大伯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	伯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿伯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿伯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿伯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿伯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿伯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿伯
	Hong Kong	阿伯
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	阿伯
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿伯
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿伯
	Singkawang	阿伯
Huizhou	Jixi	伯
	Shexian	伯伯
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	伯爺
Jin	Taiyuan	老老, 大爺
	Pingyao	伯父, 大爺
	Xinzhou	伯伯啊 face-to-face, 伯伯 non-face-to-face
	Taibus (Baochang)	大爺
	Linhe	大爹
	Jining	大爺, 爹
	Hohhot	大爺
	Baotou	大爺, 爹
	Dongsheng	老老, 爹爹
	Haibowan	大爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伯伯, 伯仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	阿伯
	Songxi	伯仔
	Zhenghe	伯仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	阿伯
	Jianyang	伯仔
	Wuyishan	伯仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	阿伯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依伯
	Fuzhou (Changle)	依伯
	Fuqing	伯, 大伯
	Yongtai	依伯
	Gutian	伯
	Fu'an	伯
	Ningde	伯
	Shouning	阿伯
	Zhouning	阿伯
	Fuding	阿爺
	Matsu	依伯
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿伯
	Quanzhou	阿伯
	Zhangzhou	阿伯
	Kaohsiung	阿伯
	Yilan	阿伯
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿伯
	Taichung	阿伯
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿伯
	Tainan	阿伯
	Taitung	阿伯
	Hsinchu	阿伯
	Penghu (Magong)	阿伯
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿伯
	Chaozhou	阿伯
	Shantou	阿伯
	Jieyang	阿伯
	Haifeng	伯, 阿伯
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿伯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿伯
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿伯
	Leizhou	伯 face-to-face, 尼伯 non-face-to-face
	Wenchang	伯爹
	Haikou	伯爹
	Singapore (Hainanese)	伯爹
Puxian Min	Putian	阿伯
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿伯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	伯父
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	伯爺, 阿爺
Wu	Shanghai	伯伯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	伯伯
	Suzhou	伯伯, 老伯伯
	Wuxi	伯伯, 大大
	Danyang	爹爹, 伯伯
	Hangzhou	伯伯
	Ningbo	伯伯
	Wenzhou	伯伯
	Jinhua	大伯
Xiang	Changsha	伯伯
	Xiangtan	伯伯
	Loudi	伯伯
	Shuangfeng	伯伯
	Hengyang	伯伯
	Quanzhou	伯伯
Note	>< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

Dialectal synonyms of 大伯子 (“brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大伯子, 大伯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大伯子, 大大伯兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	大伯子, 大伯哥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大伯子, 大伯, 大伯哥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	大伯
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大伯子, 大伯
	Wanrong	阿伯子
	Xi'an	阿伯子哥
	Xining	大伯子, 阿伯子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	阿伯子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大伯子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	大伯子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	大伯子
	Wuhan	伯子, 大伯
	Guiyang	大伯, 大伯子
	Liuzhou	大伯佬, 阿伯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	大伯子
	Yangzhou	大伯子
	Hefei	大伯子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大伯, 大伯爺
	Hong Kong	大伯
	Dongguan	大伯
	Yangjiang	大伯
Gan	Nanchang	大伯子, 霞伯
Gan	Pingxiang	伯仔
Hakka	Meixian	大郎
	Yudu	大伯子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大郎伯, 大伯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	大伯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大郎伯, 大伯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大郎伯, 大伯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	大郎伯, 大伯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大伯
Jin	Taiyuan	大伯子
Jin	Xinzhou	大伯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	大伯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大伯
Southern Min	Xiamen	大伯 eldest-brother
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	安哥仔
	Tainan	大伯仔 GT
	Chaozhou	大伯
	Jieyang	大伯
	Haikou	大伯 eldest brother
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大伯, 伯爺
Wu	Shanghai	大伯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	阿伯
	Suzhou	大伯, 伯伯
	Hangzhou	大伯
	Ningbo	阿伯
	Wenzhou	大伯爺, 伯爺
	Jinhua	大伯
Xiang	Changsha	伯爺子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	老伯子

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “大伯”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 168.