伯母
bó mǔ
Pinyin

Definition

伯母
 - 
bó mǔ
  1. wife of father's elder brother
  2. aunt
  3. (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

mǔ qīn
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 also pr. [mǔ qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
zhàng mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as 丈母
  1. 1 variant of 霸[bà]
bó bo
  1. 1 father's elder brother
  2. 2 uncle
Bó míng hàn
  1. 1 Birmingham
Bó Lè
  1. 1 Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period)
  2. 2 a good judge of talent
  3. 3 talent scout
bó mǔ
  1. 1 wife of father's elder brother
  2. 2 aunt
  3. 3 (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
bó jué
  1. 1 earl
  2. 2 count
  3. 3 earldom or countship (old)
bó fù
  1. 1 father's elder brother
  2. 2 term of respect for older man
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
shū bai
  1. 1 (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
dà bó
  1. 1 husband's older brother
  2. 2 brother-in-law
zì mǔ
  1. 1 letter (of the alphabet)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
yuè mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother, mother-in-law
shī mǔ
  1. 1 term of respect for your teacher's wife
Zhāng bó lún
  1. 1 Chamberlain (name)
  2. 2 Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player
cí mǔ
  1. 1 warm, caring mother
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 elderly female relative
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 (of animals) female
mǔ rǔ
  1. 1 mother's milk

Idioms (5)

不分伯仲
bù fēn bó zhòng
  1. 1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
  2. 2 nothing to choose between them
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
千里马常有,而伯乐不常有
qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér Bó Lè bù cháng yǒu
  1. 1 lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
在家靠父母,出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母,出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

Sample Sentences

伯伯的老婆,是伯母。
bóbo de lǎopó ,shì bómǔ 。
Your father's older brother's wife is "bo mu."
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这样啊!那吃鱼吧。鱼可是你伯母的拿手菜。
zhèyàng a !nà chī yú ba 。yú kěshì nǐ bómǔ de náshǒu cài 。
Oh really? Then let's have fish. Fish is actually your aunt's speciality.
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