伯 bó
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 白 white
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
伯母
bómǔ
aunt; wife of father's elder brother
Characters in this word
母 mǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 母 — mother
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 伯母年轻时学过戏曲，晚年仍能把几段唱腔唱得婉转动人。 Bómǔ niánqīng shí xué guò xìqǔ, wǎnnián réng néng bǎ jǐ duàn chàngqiāng chàng de wǎnzhuǎn dòngrén. My aunt studied traditional opera when she was young, and in her later years she could still sing several passages with moving grace.
- 伯母做的饺子又香又好吃，我吃了很多。 Bómǔ zuò de jiǎozi yòu xiāng yòu hǎochī, wǒ chī le hěn duō. The dumplings my aunt made were fragrant and delicious, and I ate a lot of them.
- 周末我去伯母家，她总是给我准备好吃的。 Zhōumò wǒ qù bómǔ jiā, tā zǒngshì gěi wǒ zhǔnbèi hǎochī de. When I go to my aunt's house at the weekend, she always has something tasty ready for me.
Related words
- 伯伯 bóbo father's elder brother; uncle; older man
- 伯父 bófù father's elder brother; uncle
- 父母 fùmǔ parents
- 母亲 mǔqīn mother
- 字母 zìmǔ letter
- 母 mǔ female
- 母语 mǔyǔ mother tongue
- 继母 jìmǔ stepmother
- 岳母 yuèmǔ mother-in-law
- 祖母 zǔmǔ grandmother; paternal grandmother
- 保姆 bǎomǔ nanny; domestic helper
- 伴侣 bànlǚ partner; companion