伯

bǎi · bai/bó · bo/bà · ba

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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bǎi 伯

  1. one hundred (old)

bó 伯

  1. father's elder brother
  2. senior
  3. paternal elder uncle
  4. eldest of brothers
  5. respectful form of address
  6. Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi)

bà 伯

  1. variant of 霸 (bà)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)伯(bó)父(fù)在(zài)城(chéng)里(lǐ)开(kāi)了(le)一(yì)家(jiā)小(xiǎo)书(shū)店(diàn)。

My uncle runs a small bookstore in the city.

02

他(tā)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)先(xiān)到(dào),所(suǒ)以(yǐ)我(wǒ)叫(jiào)他(tā)伯(bó)兄(xiōng)。

He arrived before me, so I call him elder brother.

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