爆竹

Chinese

		to crack; to explode or burst	bamboo
trad. (爆竹)		爆	竹
simp. #(爆竹)		爆	竹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bàozhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄓㄨˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bao⁴ zu²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau³ zuk¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): bau⁴ zuh
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pau-chuk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k-tiak / pho̍k-tek / po̍k-tek / po̍k-tiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàozhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàojhú
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-chu²
    • Yale: bàu-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawjwu
    • Palladius: баочжу (baočžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bao⁴ zu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bao zu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹³ t͡su²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau³ zuk¹
    • Yale: baau jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau³ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao³ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bau⁴ zuh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵ t͡suʔ²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pau-chuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau zug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau⁴ zug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pau̯⁵⁵ t͡suk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-tiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogdiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² tiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho̍k-tek
    • Tâi-lô: pho̍k-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phogdeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-tek
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogdeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-tiok
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-tiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogdiog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔk̚³²/

Noun

爆竹

1. firecracker

   放爆竹  ―  fàng bàozhú  ―  to set off firecrackers

   禁止攜帶、燃放煙花爆竹。 [MSC, trad.]
   禁止携带、燃放烟花爆竹。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jìnzhǐ xiédài, ránfàng yānhuā bàozhú. [Pinyin]

   Fireworks prohibited.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鞭炮 (“firecrackers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鞭炮, 爆竹, 爆仗, 炮仗
Mandarin	Beijing	炮仗, 炮, 炮銃
	Taiwan	鞭炮, 爆竹
	Harbin	炮仗
	Yantai (Muping)	鞭炮, 炮仗
	Jinan	爆仗
	Luoyang	鞭炮
	Xi'an	炮, 鞭炮
	Yinchuan	鞭炮
	Xining	炮仗
	Ürümqi	炮仗子
	Wuhan	炮中, 鞭炮
	Chengdu	火炮兒, 爆竹, 鞭炮
	Guiyang	炮仗
	Kunming	炮仗
	Liuzhou	炮仗
	Xuzhou	鞭炮
	Yangzhou	炮仗
	Nanjing	炮仗
	Hefei	炮仗
	Singapore	鞭炮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炮仗
	Hong Kong	炮仗
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	炮仗, 連排
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	連排
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	爆仗
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	爆仗
	Macau	炮仗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	炮仗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	炮仗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	炮仗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	炮仗
	Foshan	炮仗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	炮上
	Foshan (Shunde)	炮仗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	炮仗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	炮仗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	炮仗
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	炮仗
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	炮仗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	炮仗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	炮仗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	炮仗
	Taishan	炮仗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	炮仗
	Enping (Niujiang)	炮仗
	Heshan (Yayao)	炮仗
	Dongguan	炮仗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	炮仗
	Qingyuan	炮仗
	Fogang	炮仗
	Yingde (Hanguang)	炮仗
	Yangshan	紙炮
	Lianshan (Butian)	紙炮
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	紙炮
	Shaoguan	炮仗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	炮仗
	Renhua	炮仗
	Lechang	炮仗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	炮仗
	Sihui	炮仗
	Guangning	炮仗
	Deqing	炮仗
	Huaiji	炮仗
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	炮仗
	Yunfu	炮仗
	Xinxing	炮仗
	Luoding	炮仗
	Yunan (Pingtai)	炮仗
	Yangjiang	炮仗
	Danzhou	炮仗
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	炮仗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	炮仗
	Yangon (Taishan)	炮仗
	Mandalay (Taishan)	炮仗
Gan	Nanchang	爆竹
	Lichuan	炮竹
	Pingxiang	爆竹
Hakka	Meixian	紙炮仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	炮仗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	炮仗
	Boluo (Bendihua)	炮仗
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	炮仗
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	紙炮
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	紙炮, 火炮
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	炮仗, 紙炮
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	炮仗, 紙炮
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	紙炮
	Conghua (Lütian)	鞭炮
	Yudu	鞭炮, 爆竹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爆竹, 紙炮, 紙炮仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爆竹, 紙炮
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爆竹, 紙炮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爆竹, 紙炮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爆竹, 紙炮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爆竹, 炮
	Hong Kong	爆仗
	Senai (Huiyang)	炮仗
Huizhou	Jixi	爆竹
Jin	Taiyuan	炮仗, 炮, 鞭炮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	爆仗, 百仗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	炮仗, 炮
Southern Min	Xiamen	炮仔, 炮
	Quanzhou	炮仔, 炮
	Zhangzhou	炮仔, 炮
	Taipei	炮仔, 炮
	Kaohsiung	炮仔, 炮
	Penang (Hokkien)	炮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	炮
	Chaozhou	碰鰾
	Shantou	碰鰾
	Shantou (Chenghai)	碰鰾
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	碰鰾
	Jieyang	碰鰾
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	碰鰾
	Singapore (Teochew)	碰鰾
	Leizhou	炮仗, 炮仔
	Wenchang	炮仗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炮竹
Wu	Shanghai	炮仗, 鞭炮
	Suzhou	炮仗
	Danyang	炮仗
	Hangzhou	炮仗
	Ningbo	炮仗
	Wenzhou	炮仗
	Jinhua	炮仗
Xiang	Changsha	炮竹, 鞭子
	Loudi	爆竹子
	Shuangfeng	爆竹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爆	竹
ばく Grade: S	ちく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばくちく [bàkúchíkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

爆(ばく)竹(ちく) • (bakuchiku) 

1. a firecracker

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.