爆冷門

See also: 爆冷门

Chinese

		to crack; to explode or burst	unpopular; unexpected winner; dark horse
trad. (爆冷門)		爆	冷門
simp. (爆冷门)		爆	冷门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàolěngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau³ laang⁵ mun^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k-léng-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàolěngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàolěngmén
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-lêng³-mên²
    • Yale: bàu-lěng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawleengmen
    • Palladius: баолэнмэнь (baolɛnmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàolěngménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàolěngménr
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-lêng³-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bàu-lěng-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawleengmel
    • Palladius: баолэнмэньр (baolɛnmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau³ laang⁵ mun^4-2
    • Yale: baau láahng mún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau³ laang⁵ mun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao³ lang⁵ mun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯³³ laːŋ¹³ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-léng-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-líng-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poglefngmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²³/

Verb

爆冷門

1. (sports) to produce a dark horse; to have an unexpected turn of events

Synonyms

• 爆冷 (bàolěng)