波波

Chinese

		wave; (Cantonese) ball	wave; (Cantonese) ball
simp. and trad. (波波)		波	波

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōbō

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ bo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōbō → bōbo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ → ㄅㄛ ˙ㄅㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bobo̊
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-po⁵
    • Yale: bwō-bwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo.bo
    • Palladius: бобо (bobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ b̥u̯ɔ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ bo¹
    • Yale: bō bō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ bo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ bo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

波波

1. (Cantonese, childish) ball
2. (colloquial) boobs
3. (Taiwan, slang, derogatory) medical students or doctors that obtained their degrees from eastern Europe, especially from Poland
4. (Mainland China, slang, humorous) Pol Pot

Derived terms

• 吹波波
• 波波池

 

See also

• 波波頭／波波头 (bōbōtóu)