伯仲叔季
Chinese
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address |
2nd in seniority | uncle in direct address | season; period | ||
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| trad. (伯仲叔季) | 伯 | 仲 | 叔 | 季 | |
| simp. #(伯仲叔季) | 伯 | 仲 | 叔 | 季 | |
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Usage notes
This sequence was commonly used in personal names, especially courtesy names of ancient Chinese people, e.g. the courtesy names of the eldest four sons of Sun Jian were 伯符 (Bófú, “Sun Ce, eldest”), 仲謀／仲谋 (Zhòngmóu, “Sun Quan, second”), 叔弼 (Shūbì, “Sun Yi, third”) and 季佐 (Jìzuǒ, “Sun Kuang, fourth”) respectively
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