博客

Chinese[edit]

	abundant; broad; rich abundant; broad; rich; to get; to win	guest; visitor
trad. (博客)	博	客
simp. ^#(博客)	博	客
Literally: “to attract guests”.

Phono-semantic matching of English blog. Coined by Chinese technology writer Fang Xingdong in 2002.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bókè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bókè
  - Wade–Giles: po²-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: bwó-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borkeh
  - Palladius: бокэ (bokɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bok³ haak³
  - Yale: bok haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³ hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ haːk̚³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏk-káh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouʔ⁵⁻²¹ kʰɑʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pag⁴ kêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phak kheh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰak̚²⁻⁴ kʰeʔ²/