= b + a4
variant of 霸[ba4]
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bǎi = b + ai3
one hundred (old)
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= b + o2
father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
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How to pronounce 伯

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

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+ a4 final

In the ashram’s bathroom.

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= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

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+ ai3 final

In the airplane’s living room.

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= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

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+ o2 final

In the observatory’s kitchen.

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伯 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
rén = r + (e)n2
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
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bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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Characters with 伯 as component

伯 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 伯

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earl / count / earldom or countship (old)
Arabian / Arabic / Arab

Sentences with 伯

伯 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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