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Jyutping aa3 baak3
Pinyin ā bó

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. an old man
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    阿爸​嘅​阿哥
    uncle; father's elder brother
    • 今日我去阿伯屋企食晚飯。
      今日我去阿伯屋企食晚饭。
      gam1 jat6 ngo5 heoi3 aa3 baak3 uk1 kei2 sik6 maan5 faan6.
      Today I'm going to my uncle's for dinner.
  2. 名詞
    非正式​、​比較​輕​鬆​嘅​場​合​中​對​老年​男人​嘅​稱​謂​(​量​詞​:​個​)
    casual form of address to an elderly man
    • 好多阿伯都鍾意去公園坐。
      好多阿伯都钟意去公园坐。
      hou2 do1 aa3 baak3 dou1 zung1 ji3 heoi3 gung1 jyun2 co5.
      Many elderly men like sitting at the park.
  3. 近義詞
    伯、伯伯、伯父
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Cantonese, Hakka, Min-Nan, informal
    old man
    • 有个阿伯成日坐喺度食烟,臭到死。
      有个阿伯成日坐喺度食烟,臭到死。
      jau5 go3 aa3 baak3 sing4 jat6 co5 hai2 dou6 sik6 jin1, cau3 dou3 sei2.
      There's always an old man who sits here and smokes, and it reeks.
  2. noun, Liuzhou, Mandarin, Wu, dialectal
    brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)
  3. noun, Cantonese, Hakka, Mandarin, Min-Nan, dialectal
    paternal uncle (father's elder brother)
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    佢让咗个位俾个阿伯。
    佢讓咗個位俾個阿伯。
    keoi5 joeng6 zo2 go3 wai2 bei2 go3 aa3 baak3 。
    • He gave his seat to the old man.
  2. Cantonese
    个阿伯坐拥巨额身家。
    個阿伯坐擁巨額身家。
    go3 aa3 baak3 zo6 jung2 geoi6 ngaak2 san1 gaa1 。
    • The old man possesses great wealth.
  3. Cantonese
    从前,村里面住咗一个孤寒嘅阿伯。
    從前,村裏面住咗一個孤寒嘅阿伯。
    cung4 cin4 , cyun1 leoi5 min6 zyu6 zo2 jat1 go3 gu1 hon4 ge3 aa3 baak3 。
    • Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    讲大声啲啦,阿伯 耳聋㗎。
    講大聲啲啦,阿伯 耳聾㗎。
    gong2 daai6 seng1 di1 laa1, aa3 baak3 ji5 lung4 gaa3.
    • Speak louder, the old man can't hear well.
  2. Cantonese
    啲阿伯响街放飞剑,好核突。
    啲阿伯響街放飛劍,好核突。
    di1 aa3 baak3 hoeng2 gaai1 fong3 fei1 gim3, hou2 wat6 dat6.
    • That the old men spit in the street is so disgusting.
  3. Cantonese
    好多阿伯都钟意去酒楼,一边食点心,一边叹报纸。
    好多阿伯都鍾意去酒樓,一邊食點心,一邊嘆報紙。
    hou2 do1 aa3 baak3 dou1 zung1 ji3 heoi3 zau2 lau4, jat1 bin1 sik6 dim2 sam1, jat1 bin1 taan3 bou3 zi2.
    • Many old men like to go to Cantonese restaurants, eating dim sum while reading the newspaper.
  4. Cantonese
    个阿伯行到岌岌贡咁,好惊佢会跌亲。
    個阿伯行到岌岌貢咁,好驚佢會跌親。
    • That old man keeps rocking when walking, I'm afraid he would fall.
  5. Cantonese
    维园阿伯
    維園阿伯
    wai4 jyun2 aa3 baak3
    • Uncles of Victoria Park
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    阿伯
    阿伯
    aa3 baak3
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    呢个死阿伯唔识揸车。
    呢个死阿伯唔识揸车。
    nei1 go3 sei2 aa3 baak3 m4 sik1 zaa1 ce1.
    • This damn geezer can't drive.
  2. Cantonese
    有个阿伯成日坐喺度食烟,臭到死。
    有个阿伯成日坐喺度食烟,臭到死。
    jau5 go3 aa3 baak3 sing4 jat6 co5 hai2 dou6 sik6 jin1, cau3 dou3 sei2.
    • There's always an old man who sits here and smokes, and it reeks.
  3. Mandarin
    其最丰富者为较干燥地方之植物,而树胶、树脂、蜡、香料等出产之多与依律突律亚埃提阿伯一带低山区相若。
    其最豐富者為較乾燥地方之植物,而樹膠、樹脂、蠟、香料等出產之多與依律突律亞埃提阿伯一帶低山區相若。
    qí zuì fēng fù zhě wéi jiào gān zào dì fang zhī zhí wù , ér shù jiāo , shù zhī , là , xiāng liào děng chū chǎn zhī duō yǔ yī lǜ tū lǜ yà āi tí ā bó yī dài dī shān qū xiàng ruò .
    • It is largely the vegetation of the more arid areas, reaching a point of supreme intensity, which furnishes the abundance of gums, resins, wax, balsams, scents and spices, just as among the foot-hills of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
  4. Mandarin
    埃提阿伯教会也是个非常强盛的教会,到如今仍然存在,直到1974年政权变更,遭受一些困难。
    埃提阿伯教會也是個非常強盛的教會,到如今仍然存在,直到1974年政權變更,遭受一些困難。
    āi tí ā bó jiào huì yě shì ge fēi cháng qiáng shèng de jiào huì , dào rú jīn réng rán cún zài , zhí dào 1974 nián zhèng quán biàn gèng , zāo shòu yī xiē kùn nán .
    • The Ethiopian church is also a very prosperous church, still existing today. It wasn't until the regime change in 1974 that the church suffered from some hardships.