巴巴

Chinese

		(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
simp. and trad. (巴巴)		巴	巴

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bābā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bābā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baba
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pa¹
    • Yale: bā-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baba
    • Palladius: баба (baba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baa¹ baa¹
    • Yale: bā bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Suffix

1. (colloquial) Suffix attached to adjectives to emphasise a state: very; extremely

   乾巴巴／干巴巴  ―  gānbābā  ―  very dry

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 巴巴

1. father
2. palm
3. pastry
4. feces

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 巴巴

1. eager
2. adhering
3. talkative