寶可夢

Chinese

		a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to dream
trad. (寶可夢)		寶	可	夢
simp. (宝可梦)		宝	可	梦

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǎokěmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎokěmèng [Phonetic: báokěmèng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎokěmèng
    • Wade–Giles: Pao³-kʻo³-mêng⁴
    • Yale: Bǎu-kě-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baokeemenq
    • Palladius: Баокэмэн (Baokɛmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɤŋ⁵¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 寶可夢

1. Pokémon

Synonyms

• 口袋妖怪 (Kǒudài Yāoguài)