粵

伯baak3母mou5

baak3 mou5bo2mu3bó mǔ

English

  1. wife of father's elder brother
  2. (noun) General polite term to call friend's or someone's mother
  3. (polite) sby's mother; form of address to a friend's mother
  4. aunt
  5. (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (禮稱)某人嘅阿媽,對朋友阿媽嘅稱呼。

Examples

  • 伯母呀,你煮啲飯好好食呀,我可唔可以多啲上嚟食飯?

    Auntie, you cook really well, can I join your dinner more often?

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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