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伯娘

Mandarin · pinyin bó niáng

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伯: bó · older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count'
娘: niáng · mother; young girl; woman; wife

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2–2 · bo2 niang2

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

baak3 noeng4

Cantonese word readings for 伯娘. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Jin, Pinghua, dialectal Xiang) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
(Dongguan Cantonese) old woman