巴拉巴拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴拉巴拉)		巴	拉	巴	拉
alternative forms		balabala

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bālābālā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bālābālā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: balabala
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-la¹-pa¹-la¹
    • Yale: bā-lā-bā-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: balhabalha
    • Palladius: балабала (balabala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

Interjection

巴拉巴拉

1. (Internet slang) blah blah blah; et cetera
2. (dialectal Mandarin, colloquial) to flip; to invert