保齡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (保齡)		保	齡
simp. (保龄)		保	龄

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎolíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎolíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎolíng
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-ling²
    • Yale: bǎu-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoling
    • Palladius: баолин (baolin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² ling⁴
    • Yale: bóu lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 保齡

1. (games) Short for 保齡球／保龄球 (bǎolíngqiú, “bowling”).