博彩

Chinese

		extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (博彩)		博	彩
simp. #(博彩)		博	彩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bócǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ coi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phok-chhái / pok-chhái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bócǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bócǎi
    • Wade–Giles: po²-tsʻai³
    • Yale: bwó-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bortsae
    • Palladius: боцай (bocaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ coi²
    • Yale: bok chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: phok-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phokzhae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: pok-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pokzhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

博彩

1. lottery; tombola

Verb

博彩

1. to gamble; to bet money

Synonyms

• 賭博／赌博 (dǔbó)