# 伯母
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bómǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^3$ mou$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'bet$^6$ mu$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pek-bú / piak-bió / pek-bó
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh$^4$ bho$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$paq-m; $^7$paq-mu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bómǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bómǔ
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$-mu$^3$
*** Yale: bwó-mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bormuu
*** Palladius: бому (bomu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^3$ mou$^5$
*** Yale: baak móuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^8$ mou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^3$ mou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚³ mou̯¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'bet$^6$ mu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈpɛt̚⁵ mu²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-bú
*** Tâi-lô: pik-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pekbuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak-bió
*** Tâi-lô: piak-bió
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piakbioir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵⁻²⁴ bio⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-bó
*** Tâi-lô: pik-bó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pekboir
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁵ bo⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bêh$^4$ bho$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: peh bó
*** Sinological IPA : /peʔ²⁻⁴ bo⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$paq-m; $^7$paq-mu
*** MiniDict: pah$^入$ m; pah$^入$ mu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$paq-mm; $^4$paq-mu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /paʔ³³ m̩⁴⁴/, /paʔ³³ mu⁴⁴/

### Noun

伯母
* paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
* (polite) A term of address to a woman who is roughly the same age as one's mother, especially the mother of one's friend or colleague.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 伯母 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 伯母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 大媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 伯母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 大娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 大娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 伯母 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 大娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 大媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大媽, 大娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 娘, 親嬤, 大大 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 嬤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 媽媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 大媽, 親媽 Hui |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 禡禡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嬸嬸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 伯娘, 伯母 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 女伯伯, 伯媽, 伯伯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 伯媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 伯媽, 伯娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 大媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 大媽媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 嬤嬤 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 大大 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 伯娘, 伯母 face-to-face |
| Cantonese | Macau | 伯母 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 阿娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿因 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿娘, 伯娘 face-to-face |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 伯母 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿娘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 伯母 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 伯母 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 伯母 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿姆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 伯姆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿姆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿姆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿姆, 姆 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿姆 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 阿姆 face-to-face, 伯姆 non-face-to-face |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 阿娘 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 阿姆 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 伯奶 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 伯母, 伯娘 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 伯母 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 伯娘 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 母娘, 伯娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 大娘, 大兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 姆姆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 阿劃 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 伯娘, 阿娘 face-to-face |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 伯母 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿姆 |
| Hakka | Changting | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 姐姐 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 伯奶, 奶奶 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 娭娭 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 姐姐 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 姐姐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 伯姆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 伯㜷 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 阿娘, 伯娘 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿娘, 伯娘 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 伯姆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 媽媽, 媽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 媽媽, 媽, 大娘 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 伯娘, 伯娘啊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伯奶, 奶奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依姆, 姆姆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 姆 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依姆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿姆, 姆仔, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿姆, 姆仔, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿姆, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿姆, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿姆, 姆姆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿姆, 姆 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 姆 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿姆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 姆, 尼姆 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 伯姩 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 伯姩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 伯姩 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 伯母 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 伯娘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 大媽媽, 大姆媽 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 媽媽 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 姆娒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 娘娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 大媽媽, 大姆媽 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿姆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿嬤 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 姆媽 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 伯媽, 伯伯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 伯唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 伯基 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 伯娘 |

#### Related terms

* 伯父 (bófù)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 伯 | 母 |
| お Grade: S | は > ば Grade: 2 |
| irregular ||
From 小 (o, “little”) +‎ 母 (ha, “mother”). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓). Compare 小母 (oba).

#### Alternative forms

* 叔母

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おば [òbá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞ba̠]

#### Noun

伯(お)母(ば) • (oba)
* an aunt (parent’s sister or sister-in-law) older than one's parent

##### Usage notes

* This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.

##### See also

* 伯(お)母(ば)さん (oba-san)
* 伯(お)父(じ) (oji, “uncle”)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 伯 | 母 |
| はく Grade: S | ぼ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
From Chinese 伯母 (bómǔ, “paternal aunt”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はくぼ [háꜜkùbò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ha̠kɯ̟bo̞]

#### Noun

伯(はく)母(ぼ) • (hakubo)
* an aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)