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
trad. (伯仲叔季) 伯 仲 叔 季
simp. #(伯仲叔季) 伯 仲 叔 季

Pronunciation

Idiom

伯仲叔季

  1. eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers

Usage notes

This sequence was commonly used in the courtesy names of ancient Chinese people, e.g. 伯夷 (Bó Yí) was the courtesy name of the eldest prince of Guzhu kingdom and 叔齊／叔齐 (Shū Qí) was the third one.

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