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伯伯

Mandarin · pinyin bó bo

father's elder brother
uncle

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伯: bó · older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count'

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2–5 · bo2 bo5

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baak3 baak3

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noun

(informal, endearing) paternal uncle (father's elder brother) (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
(informal, endearing) uncle (a term of respect for someone who is older than one's father) (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
(dialectal) father
(dialectal) paternal aunt (father's sister, or wife of father's elder brother)
(Suzhounese) brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)

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