伯
bóbǎi HSK7

older brother, uncle

伯 bó frequency
senior noun
a respectful form of address for an older man, typically of one's father's generation

伯，您能帮我指一下去车站的路吗？

bó, nín néng bāng wǒ zhǐ yī​xià qù chē​zhàn de lù ma?

Excuse me, sir, could you show me the way to the station?

count noun
the third of the five orders of nobility

因为作战英勇，他在凯旋后被国王封为伯。

yīn​wèi zuò​zhàn yīng​yǒng, tā zài kǎi​xuán hòu bèi guó​wáng fēng​wéi bó.

Due to his bravery in battle, he was titled a count by the king upon his triumphant return.

eldest brother noun
the eldest among brothers in a family ranking system

在兄弟排行中，伯代表的是家里的长子。

zài xiōng​dì pái​háng zhōng, bó dài​biǎo de shì jiā​lǐ de zhǎng​zǐ.

In the order of seniority among brothers, 'Bo' represents the eldest son of the family.

paternal uncle noun
the elder brother of one's father

他作为父亲的哥哥，是家族中受尊敬的伯。

tā zuò​wéi fù​qīn de gē​ge, shì jiā​zú zhōng shòu zūn​jìng de bó.

As his father's elder brother, he is a respected uncle within the family.

伯 bǎi
hundred noun
one hundred (old variant)

这枚古钱币上印有“一伯”两字，非常有价值。

zhè méi gǔ qián​bì shàng yìn​yǒu“ yī bǎi” liǎng zì, fēi​cháng yǒu jià​zhí.

This ancient coin is inscribed with the characters 'Yi Bo' and is extremely valuable.

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Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
821st most common 219.7 per million
Movie subtitles
857th most common 139.3 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
13.9 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
24.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F2F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)