歐巴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (歐巴)		歐	巴
simp. (欧巴)		欧	巴
alternative forms		歐吧／欧吧

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōubā, ǒubà

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ ㄅㄚ, ㄡˇ ㄅㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōubā
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ouba
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹-pa¹
    • Yale: ōu-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ouba
    • Palladius: оуба (ouba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, imitating Korean)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒubà
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄅㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒubà
    • Wade–Giles: ou³-pa⁴
    • Yale: ǒu-bà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooubah
    • Palladius: оуба (ouba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵¹/

Noun

歐巴

1. (chiefly in Korean media, women's speech) oppa (elder brother, or an affectionate term of address for a somewhat older man)

   Synonym: 偶巴 (ǒubā)