Usage of the character 伯

Bayan (name)
Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239
Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician

Bóshā

伯莎

[伯莎]

Bertha (name)

bóshū

伯叔

[伯叔]

father's brother (uncle)
husband's brother (brother-in-law)

lǎobó

老伯

[老伯]

uncle (polite form of address for older male)

Wéibó

韦伯

[韋伯]

Webb, Webber or Weber (name)

qiāngbó

将伯

[將伯]

to ask for assistance

bóbo

伯伯

[伯伯]

father's elder brother
uncle

Yuēbó

约伯

[約伯]

Job (name)
Book of Job in the Old Testament

shūbai

叔伯

[叔伯]

(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather

Wēnníbó

温尼伯

[溫尼伯]

Winnipeg, capital of Manitoba, Canada

Táng Bóhǔ

唐伯虎

[唐伯虎]

Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子

Yǎgèbó

雅各伯

[雅各伯]

Jacob (name)
Saint James

Hèbótè

赫伯特

[赫伯特]

Herbert (name)

Hǎisēnbó

海森伯

[海森伯]

Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), German physicist

Lìbómàn

利伯曼

[利伯曼]

Liberman, Lieberman or Liebermann (name)

Xiāo Bónà

肖伯纳

[肖伯納]

Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright

Dūbólín

都伯林

[都伯林]

Dublin, capital of Ireland
also written 都柏林

Alābó

阿拉伯

[阿拉伯]

Arabian
Arabic
Arab

Oūbólín

欧伯林

[歐伯林]

Oberlin

Féng Dòubó

冯窦伯

[馮竇伯]

Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition
also called 馮武／冯武 ( Féng Wǔ)

Lǐ Bóyuán

李伯元

[李伯元]

Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉／李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記／官场现形记

Yuēbójì

约伯记

[約伯記]

Book of Job (in the Old Testament)

Bó Yìkǎo

伯邑考

[伯邑考]

Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王 ( Zhōu Wénwáng) and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng) who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝 ( Zhōucháo) of ancient China

Jiāshìbó

嘉士伯

[嘉士伯]

Carlsberg

Xībólái

希伯莱

[希伯萊]

Hebrew

Aìbótǎ

艾伯塔

[艾伯塔]

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓／埃德蒙顿 ( Aīdéméngdùn)
also written 阿爾伯塔／阿尔伯塔 ( Aěrbótǎ)

Zhāngbólún

张伯伦

[張伯倫]

Chamberlain (name)
Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player

Chén Bódá

陈伯达

[陳伯達]

Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism

Bó'ēnsī

伯恩斯

[伯恩斯]

Burns (name)
Nicholas Burns (1956-), US ambassador to China 2022-

Jìbólún

纪伯伦

[紀伯倫]

Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist

Bānbólì

班伯利

[班伯利]

Bunbury, coastal city in Western Australia

Bóduōlù

伯多禄

[伯多祿]

Peter (Catholic transliteration)

lǎobóbo

老伯伯

[老伯伯]

grandpa (polite form of address for old man)

Bónánkè

伯南克

[伯南克]

Bernanke (name)
Ben Shalom Bernanke (1953-), US economist, Chairman of the Federal Reserve 2006-2014

Bānbólǐ

班伯里

[班伯里]

Bunbury, coastal city in Western Australia
Banbury, town in Oxfordshire, England

Bósàidà

伯赛大

[伯賽大]

Bethsaida, settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee mentioned in the New Testament

Táibó Hé

台伯河

[台伯河]

Tiber (river in Italy, the main watercourse of Rome)

Zǎibódé

载伯德

[載伯德]

Zebedee (name)

Xī Xiàobó

奚啸伯

[奚嘯伯]

Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生／四大须生

Xībózú

锡伯族

[錫伯族]

Xibo ethnic group of northeast China

Bólìzī

伯利兹

[伯利茲]

Belize

Shàobó Hú

邵伯湖

[邵伯湖]

Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province

Bókèlì

伯克利

[伯克利]

Berkeley

Liú Bówēn

刘伯温

[劉伯溫]

Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 ( Zhū Yuánzhāng), with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基／刘基 ( Liú Jī)

Xiāobónà

萧伯纳

[蕭伯納]

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer

Jiǎn Bózàn

翦伯赞

[翦伯贊]

Jian Bozan (1898-1968), Chinese Marxist historian and vice-president of Bejing University 1952-1968

Jiǎbósī

贾伯斯

[賈伯斯]

Jobs (name)
see also 史提夫·賈伯斯／史提夫·贾伯斯 ( Shǐtífū· Jiǎbósī), Steve Jobs

Fěilǐbó

斐理伯

[斐理伯]

Philip

Abódīng

阿伯丁

[阿伯丁]

Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)

Xībólái

希伯来

[希伯來]

Hebrew

dàbǎizi

大伯子

[大伯子]

(coll.) husband's elder brother

Hǎibólì

海伯利

[海伯利]

Highbury (name)

Luóbóxùn

罗伯逊

[羅伯遜]

Robertson (name)

lǐzhǎngbó

里长伯

[里長伯]

neighborhood warden

Luóbótè

罗伯特

[羅伯特]

Robert (name)

Mǎbólè

马伯乐

[馬伯樂]

Maspero (name)

Kāibó'ěr

开伯尔

[開伯爾]

Khyber province of Pakistan
Northwest Frontier province

Mòbórì

莫伯日

[莫伯日]

Maubeuge (French city)

Bómínghàn

伯明翰

[伯明翰]

Birmingham

Bólìhéng

伯利恒

[伯利恆]

Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story)

Bótèlán

伯特兰

[伯特蘭]

Bertrand (name)

bóláoniǎo

伯劳鸟

[伯勞鳥]

shrike (family Laniidae)

Bó'ěrní

伯尔尼

[伯爾尼]

Bern, capital of Switzerland

Kèlǔbó

克虏伯

[克虜伯]

Krupp

Luóbócí

罗伯茨

[羅伯茨]

Roberts

huībóláo

灰伯劳

[灰伯勞]

(bird species of China) great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor)

Yàlābó

亚剌伯

[亞剌伯]

(old) Arabia
Arab
Arabic

Wèi Bóyáng

魏伯阳

[魏伯陽]

Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist

xiēwěibóláo

楔尾伯劳

[楔尾伯勞]

(bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus)

bózhòngshūjì

伯仲叔季

[伯仲叔季]

eldest
second
third and youngest of brothers
order of seniority among brothers

Bótèlándé

伯特兰德

[伯特蘭德]

Bertrand (name)

Aīfūbólǐ

埃夫伯里

[埃夫伯里]

Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)

bóshūzǔmǔ

伯叔祖母

[伯叔祖母]

father's father's brother's wife
great aunt

hēi'ébóláo

黑额伯劳

[黑額伯勞]

(bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor)

Xībóláiwén

希伯莱文

[希伯萊文]

Hebrew language

niútóubóláo

牛头伯劳

[牛頭伯勞]

(bird species of China) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)

Zhākèbógé

扎克伯格

[扎克伯格]

Mark Zuckerberg (1984-), American computer programer, co-founder and CEO of Facebook

jīnbólìyán

金伯利岩

[金伯利岩]

Kimberlite (geology)

bózhòngzhījiān

伯仲之间

[伯仲之間]

almost on a par

nánhuībóláo

南灰伯劳

[南灰伯勞]

(bird species of China) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)

huāngmòbóláo

荒漠伯劳

[荒漠伯勞]

(bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus)

Alābójiāo

阿拉伯胶

[阿拉伯膠]

gum arabic
acacia gum

bóshūzǔfù

伯叔祖父

[伯叔祖父]

father's father's brother
great uncle

Suǒluóbābó

所罗巴伯

[所羅巴伯]

Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel)

hǔwénbóláo

虎纹伯劳

[虎紋伯勞]

(bird species of China) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)

Bùlōngbógé

布隆伯格

[布隆伯格]

Blumberg or Bloomberg (name)

Alābówén

阿拉伯文

[阿拉伯文]

Arabic (language & writing)

ālābótáng

阿拉伯糖

[阿拉伯糖]

arabinose (type of sugar)

Xī'ěrbótè

希尔伯特

[希爾伯特]

David Hilbert (1862-1943), German mathematician

Alābóyǔ

阿拉伯语

[阿拉伯語]

Arabic (language)

Aěrbótǎ

阿尔伯塔

[阿爾伯塔]

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓／埃德蒙顿 ( Aīdéméngdùn)

Yàbólāhǎn

亚伯拉罕

[亞伯拉罕]

Abraham (name)
Abraham, father of Judaism and Islam in the Bible and Quran
same as Ibrahim 易卜拉辛

Fěilǐbóshū

斐理伯书

[斐理伯書]

Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians

Asībógé

阿斯伯格

[阿斯伯格]

see 阿斯佩爾格爾／阿斯佩尔格尔 ( Asīpèi'ěrgé'ěr)

Kǎntèbóléi

坎特伯雷

[坎特伯雷]

Canterbury

Xībólìyà

西伯利亚

[西伯利亞]

Siberia

Bó'ēnmáosī

伯恩茅斯

[伯恩茅斯]

Bournemouth, UK

Dù'ěrbótè

杜尔伯特

[杜爾伯特]

Dorbod Mongol autonomous county in Daqing 大慶／大庆 ( Dàqìng), Heilongjiang

Yàbóshìzhèng

亚伯氏症

[亞伯氏症]

Apert syndrome

huībèibóláo

灰背伯劳

[灰背伯勞]

(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)

Xībóláirén

希伯来人

[希伯來人]

Hebrew person
Israelite
Jew

hóngwěibóláo

红尾伯劳

[紅尾伯勞]

(bird species of China) brown shrike (Lanius cristatus)

Hālìbódùn

哈利伯顿

[哈利伯頓]

Halliburton (US construction company)

zōngwěibóláo

棕尾伯劳

[棕尾伯勞]

(bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)

Yàsībógé

亚斯伯格

[亞斯伯格]

see 阿斯佩爾格爾／阿斯佩尔格尔 ( Asīpèi'ěrgé'ěr)

bùfēnbózhòng

不分伯仲

[不分伯仲]

lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
nothing to choose between them

Hābómǎsī

哈伯玛斯

[哈伯瑪斯]

Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher

Bólǐkèlì

伯里克利

[伯里克利]

Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war

Alābórén

阿拉伯人

[阿拉伯人]

Arab
Arabian
Arabian people

lìbèibóláo

栗背伯劳

[栗背伯勞]

(bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)

zōngbèibóláo

棕背伯劳

[棕背伯勞]

(bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)

Lìbówéi'ěr

利伯维尔

[利伯維爾]

Libreville, capital of Gabon

Aěrbótè

阿尔伯特

[阿爾伯特]

Albert (name)

Xī'ěrbótè

希耳伯特

[希耳伯特]

David Hilbert (1862-1943), German mathematician

hóngbèibóláo

红背伯劳

[紅背伯勞]

(bird species of China) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)

Jí'ěrbótè

吉尔伯特

[吉爾伯特]

Gilbert (name)

Aì'ěrbótǎ

艾尔伯塔

[艾爾伯塔]

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓／埃德蒙顿 ( Aīdéméngdùn)
also written 阿爾伯塔／阿尔伯塔 ( Aěrbótǎ)

Xībóláishū

希伯来书

[希伯來書]

Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews

qiāngbózhīzhù

将伯之助

[將伯之助]

assistance that one gets from another

Xībóláiyǔ

希伯来语

[希伯來語]

Hebrew language

Alābó Hǎi

阿拉伯海

[阿拉伯海]

Arabian Sea

Xībóláiyǔ

希伯莱语

[希伯萊語]

Hebrew language

Bónàsī· Lǐ

伯纳斯·李

[伯納斯·李]

Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web

Shātè Alābó

沙特阿拉伯

[沙特阿拉伯]

Saudi Arabia

Xīnxībólìyà

新西伯利亚

[新西伯利亞]

Novosibirsk (city in Russia)

Hèbósīyìlóng

赫伯斯翼龙

[赫伯斯翼龍]

Herbstosaurus (genus of pterosaur)

Alābó Bàndǎo

阿拉伯半岛

[阿拉伯半島]

Arabian Peninsula

Dìsēn Kèlǔbó

蒂森克虏伯

[蒂森克虜伯]

ThyssenKrupp

Dù'ěrbótèxiàn

杜尔伯特县

[杜爾伯特縣]

Dorbod Mongol autonomous county in Daqing 大慶／大庆 ( Dàqìng), Heilongjiang

Luóbósībì'ěr

罗伯斯庇尔

[羅伯斯庇爾]

Robespierre (name)
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary leader, enthusiastic advocate of reign of terror 1791-1794

cǎoyuánhuībóláo

草原灰伯劳

[草原灰伯勞]