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Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
BB
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Barbados.
- (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is somewhat speculative with substantial risk of default.
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
BB (countable and uncountable, plural BBs)
- (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
- Initialism of BlackBerry.
- Initialism of basketball.
- Initialism of baseball.
- (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
- A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
- Initialism of ball bearing.
- 2010, Richard Hoppe, Theodore L. Phillips, Mack Roach, Leibel and Phillips Textbook of Radiation Oncology, page 203:
- Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin.
- (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
- (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
BB
- Initialism of Big Brother.
- Initialism of Big Bang.
- Initialism of Bangka-Belitung.
Phrase[edit]
BB
Adverb[edit]
BB
Synonyms[edit]
- (without a condom): Thesaurus:condomless
Phrase[edit]
BB
- Initialism of best before.
Translations[edit]
Chinese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bi4 bi1 / bei4 bi1 / bei4 bi2 / bi4 bi2
- Yale: bìh bī / bèih bī / bèih bí / bìh bí
- Cantonese Pinyin: bi4 bi1 / bei4 bi1 / bei4 bi2 / bi4 bi2
- Guangdong Romanization: bi4 bi1 / béi4 bi1 / béi4 bi2 / bi4 bi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /piː²¹ piː⁵⁵/, /pei̯²¹ piː⁵⁵/, /pei̯²¹ piː³⁵/, /piː²¹ piː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note:
- bi4 bi1 - Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur;
- bei4 bi1, bei4 bi2, bi4 bi2 - Kuala Lumpur.
Noun[edit]
BB
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- 北鼻 (běibí)
Further reading[edit]
- Hong Kong Cantonese#Imported loanwords
- Modern Cantonese Phonology; Robert S. Bauer, Paul K. Benedict; Mouton de Gruyter; 1997; page 404
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bi1 bi1
- Yale: bī bī
- Cantonese Pinyin: bi1 bi1
- Guangdong Romanization: bi1 bi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /piː⁵⁵ piː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun[edit]
BB
Synonyms[edit]
Variety | Location | Words |
---|---|---|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 哨子 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 哨兒, 叫雞子 |
Taiwan | 哨子 | |
Jinan | 哨子 | |
Xi'an | 哨子 | |
Wuhan | 叫珠 | |
Chengdu | 哨子, 吹吹兒, 哨哨兒, 叫叫兒 | |
Yangzhou | 叫子 | |
Hefei | 哨子 | |
Singapore | 哨子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雞 |
Hong Kong | 雞, BB, 哨子 | |
Yangjiang | 雞 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 叫骨子 |
Hakka | Meixian | 簫仔 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 雞 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 嗶嗶仔 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 嗶嗶仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 嗶嗶仔 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 嗶嗶 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 嗶嗶仔, 吧嗶仔 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 嗶仔 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 哨兒, 哨子 |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 哨仔, 觱觱仔 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 觱觱響, 哨子 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 觱仔, 委瑣 |
Quanzhou | 觱仔, 觱觱仔, 委瑣 | |
Zhangzhou | 觱仔, 委瑣 | |
Taipei | 觱觱仔 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 咑觱仔 | |
Kaohsiung | 觱仔 | |
Yilan | 觱觱仔 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 觱觱仔 | |
Taichung | 觱仔 | |
Tainan | 觱仔 | |
Hsinchu | 觱觱仔 | |
Kinmen | 觱仔 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 觱仔 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 觱仔 | |
Chaozhou | 觱 | |
Shantou | 技糾 | |
Jieyang | 觱, 觱囝 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 叫扁, 叫子 |
Suzhou | 叫叫, 叫鞭 | |
Wenzhou | 吹兒, 哨子, 叫子 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 叫珠子, 叫子 |
Shuangfeng | 叫子 |
See also[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ ˙ㄅㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bibi̊
- Wade–Giles: pi1-pi5
- Yale: bī-bi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi.bi
- Palladius: биби (bibi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵⁵ b̥i²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb[edit]
BB
Etymology 4[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ ㄅㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bibi
- Wade–Giles: pi1-pi1
- Yale: bī-bī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bibi
- Palladius: биби (bibi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵⁵ pi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun[edit]
BB
- BB (a type of pellet)
Derived terms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
BB • (burū bakku)
- (Internet slang) Abbreviation of ブルーバック.
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
BB n
- Abbreviation of barnbördshus (“birthing centre”).
- De flesta föds på BB.
- Most people are born at birthing centres.
Declension[edit]
Declension of BB | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | BB | BB:t | BB:n | BB:na |
Genitive | BB:s | BB:ts | BB:ns | BB:nas |
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