寶貝
See also: 宝贝
Chinese
[edit]| a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious | cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (寶貝) | 寶 | 貝 | |
| simp. (宝贝) | 宝 | 贝 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ → ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobe̊i
- Wade–Giles: pao3-pei5
- Yale: bǎu-bei
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao.bey
- Palladius: баобэй (baobɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/ → /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥eɪ̯⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (寶貝兒／宝贝儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋㄦ → ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄟㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobe̊ir
- Wade–Giles: pao3-pei5-ʼrh
- Yale: bǎu-beir
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao.bell
- Palladius: баобэйр (baobɛjr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pəɻ⁵¹/ → /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥əɻ⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bou2 bui3
- Yale: bóu bui
- Cantonese Pinyin: bou2 bui3
- Guangdong Romanization: bou2 bui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pou̯³⁵ puːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-pi
- Hakka Romanization System: boˋ bi
- Hagfa Pinyim: bo3 bi4
- Sinological IPA: /po³¹ pi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: pawX pajH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuʔ pˤa[t]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ paːds/
Noun
[edit]寶貝
- (literary) rare and precious seashell
- cowry (family Cypraeidae)
- (figurative) treasure; valuable object
- (figurative, endearing) baby child; baby; bab
- (figurative, endearing) darling; honey (often said of a child or lover); sweetheart
- (dialectal, endearing) silkworm
- (ironic, colloquial, derogatory or) useless or queer person; good-for-nothing
- (historical, euphemistic) eunuch's removed testicles and penis
Synonyms
[edit]- (treasure): 明珠 (míngzhū)
- (darling):
- (silkworm):
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
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