bo

older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count'

HSK 6 #821

DEFINITIONS

伯 bó
  • 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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
伯 bà
  • variant of 霸[ba4]
伯 bǎi
  • one hundred (old)

STROKES

WORDS

阿尔塔 ā ěr bó tǎ Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4]
恩茅斯 bó ēn máo sī Bournemouth, UK
哈利顿 hā lì bó dùn Halliburton (US construction company)
嘉士 jiā shì bó Carlsberg
子 dà bǎi zi (coll.) husband's elder brother
杜尔特 dù ěr bó tè Dorbod Mongol autonomous county in Daqing 大慶|大庆[Da4 qing4], Heilongjiang
海森 hǎi sēn bó Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), German physicist
伦 jì bó lún Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist
塔 ài bó tǎ Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4]; also written 阿爾伯塔|阿尔伯塔[A1 er3 bo2 ta3]
不分仲 bù fēn bó zhòng lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent; nothing to choose between them
shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend
yà bó Abe (short form for Abraham); Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies
拉罕 yà bó lā hǎn Abraham (name); Abraham, father of Judaism and Islam in the Bible and Quran; same as Ibrahim 易卜拉辛
氏症 yà bó shì zhèng Apert syndrome
氏症 yà bó shì zhèng Apert syndrome
亚剌 yà lā bó (old) Arabia; Arab; Arabic
亞剌 yà lā bó (old) Arabia; Arab; Arabic
亞斯格 yà sī bó gé see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[A1 si1 pei4 er3 ge2 er3]
仲之间 bó zhòng zhī jiān almost on a par
仲之間 bó zhòng zhī jiān almost on a par
仲叔季 bó zhòng shū jì eldest; second; third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
杰 bó jié (name) Berger; Samuel Berger, former US National Security Advisor under President Carter
傑 bó jié (name) Berger; Samuel Berger, former US National Security Advisor under President Carter
利恆 bó lì héng Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story)
利茲 bó lì zī Belize