伯母 bómǔ

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)^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 伯母, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

伯母 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

Every sentence on this site that uses 伯母 is collected on the 伯母 sentence page. Want pinyin above a sentence of your own? Paste it into the Pinyin Annotator.

What does 伯母 mean in English?

伯母 is pronounced bómǔ and means Wife of father's elder brother, aunt, (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) †.

How do you pronounce 伯母?

伯母 is bómǔ in pinyin — written bomu without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 伯母?

伯母 is written with 2 characters: 伯 (bó) Uncle (eldest brother), 母 (mǔ) Female (mother - origin). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 伯母 an HSK word?

Yes — 伯母 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.