波波

Chinese

		wave; (Cantonese) ball	wave; (Cantonese) ball
simp. and trad. (波波)		波	波

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōbō

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ bo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōbō → bōbo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ → ㄅㄛ ˙ㄅㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bobo̊
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-po⁵
    • Yale: bwō-bwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo.bo
    • Palladius: бобо (bobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ b̥u̯ɔ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ bo¹
    • Yale: bō bō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ bo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ bo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

波波

1. (Cantonese, childish) ball
2. (colloquial) boobs
3. (Taiwan, slang, derogatory) medical students or doctors that obtained their degrees from eastern Europe, especially from Poland

Derived terms

• 吹波波
• 波波池

 

See also

• 波波頭／波波头 (bōbōtóu)