HSK 6 · Family

伯母 bómǔ “aunt (wife of father’s elder brother)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 伯母 means

  1. aunt (wife of father’s elder brother)
  2. wife of father’s elder brother
  3. aunt
  4. (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one’s mother)

Measure word 个 gè · 一个伯母 yí ge bómǔ

How to say 伯母

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale伯bó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale母mǔ3rd tone, dipping

伯母 in a sentence

  1. 伯母做的饺子特别好吃。

    Bómǔ zuò de jiǎozi tèbié hǎochī.

    My aunt’s dumplings are especially good.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 伯母，您身体还好吧？

    Bómǔ, nín shēntǐ hái hǎo ba?

    Auntie, are you keeping well?

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 伯母 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 伯 (bó) with each of its parts in a different colour
伯bófather’s elder brother
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 白white · báiSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

The character 母 (mǔ) drawn as one shape
母mǔmother

母 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 伯母

伯 7 strokes · 母 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

伯母 (bómǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 伯母 (bómǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 伯母

Words with 母

母亲mǔqīn · mother父母fùmǔ · parents字母zìmǔ · letter (of the alphabet)岳母yuèmǔ · mother-in-law (wife’s mother)母语mǔyǔ · mother tongue

More words: People, Body & Health

中心zhōngxīn · centre姿势zīshì · posture醉zuì · drunk伴侣bànlǚ · partner出身chūshēn · family background大伙儿dàhuǒr · everyone诞生dànshēng · to be born夫妇fūfù · married couple

FAQs

伯母 (bómǔ) means “aunt (wife of father’s elder brother)” or “wife of father’s elder brother”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bómǔ: bó with a 2nd tone, then mǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 伯母 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one aunt (wife of father’s elder brother) is 一个伯母 (yí ge bómǔ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bomu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 伯母 from the suggestions. Typing bomu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
伯母 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.