八寶

Chinese

		eight	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (八寶)		八	寶
simp. (八宝)		八	宝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bābǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ bou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-pó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bābǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: babǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pao³
    • Yale: bā-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: babao
    • Palladius: бабао (babao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ bou²
    • Yale: baat bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ pou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-pó
    • Tâi-lô: pat-pó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patpoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ po⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ pɤ⁴¹/

Noun

八寶

1. eight treasures (various ingredients used to prepare certain Chinese dishes)
   1. (specifically, historical) the Eight Seals of the Son of Heaven

Derived terms

• 八寶粥／八宝粥 (bābǎozhōu)
• 八寶茶／八宝茶
• 八寶菜／八宝菜 (bābǎocài)
• 八寶衫／八宝衫
• 八寶飯／八宝饭 (bābǎofàn)
• 甜八寶／甜八宝

 

Proper noun

八寶

1. (～鎮) Babao (a town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)