伯母 bómǔ▶ Tía

Stroke order

伯母 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 伯 — 7 strokes
• 母 — 5 strokes

Senses

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)

Related words

• 岳母suegra
• 母语Lengua materna
• 字母Carta; letra
• 母亲madre

伯母 is pronounced bómǔ and means “Tía”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 伯母 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.