husband's older brother; brother-in-law
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
husband's older brother; brother-in-law
informalAn informal, kinship term used when a woman refers to her husband's elder brother. The pronunciation of 伯 here is 'bǎi' (vernacular reading), not 'bó' (literary reading).
Wǒ我
dà大
bǎi伯
zi子
duì对
wǒ我
hé和
wǒ我
zhàng丈
fu夫
dōu都
hěn很
hǎo好
。
My husband's older brother is very good to both me and my husband.
Tā她
gēn跟
dà大
bǎi伯
zi子
yī一
jiā家
zhù住
dé得
hěn很
jìn近
。
She lives very close to her brother-in-law's (husband's older brother's) family.
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Míng明
tiān天
shì是
wǒ我
dà大
bǎi伯
zi子
de的
shēng生
rì日
。
Tomorrow is my husband's older brother's birthday.
Zhè这
shì事
děi得
wèn问
wen问
wǒ我
dà大
bǎi伯
zi子
。
We need to ask my husband's older brother about this.