ㄅㄆㄇㄈ

Chinese

		b	p	m	f
simp. and trad. (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)		ㄅ	ㄆ	ㄇ	ㄈ

Etymology

From the first four letters of Zhuyin: ㄅ (bō), ㄆ (pō), ㄇ (mō), ㄈ (fō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōpōmōfō, bēpēmēfē

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄆㄛㄇㄛㄈㄛ, ㄅㄜㄆㄜㄇㄜㄈㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōpōmōfō
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄆㄛㄇㄛㄈㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bopomofo
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-pʻo¹-mo¹-fo¹
  - Yale: bwō-pwō-mwō-fwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bopomhofo
  - Palladius: бопомофо (bopomofo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēpēmēfē
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄜㄆㄜㄇㄜㄈㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bepemefe
  - Wade–Giles: pê¹-pʻê¹-mê¹-fê¹
  - Yale: bē-pē-mē-fē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bepemhefe
  - Palladius: бэпэмэфэ (bɛpɛmɛfɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤ⁵⁵ pʰɤ⁵⁵ mɤ⁵⁵ fɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
  - Yale: bō pō mō fō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ pʰɔː⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ fɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

ㄅㄆㄇㄈ

(chiefly Taiwan) bopomofo; Zhuyin fuhao
廢掉ㄅㄆㄇㄈ [MSC, trad.]
废掉ㄅㄆㄇㄈ [MSC, simp.]
fèi diào bōpōmōfō [Pinyin]
abolish bopomofo

鼓勵用ㄅㄆㄇㄈ [MSC, trad.]
鼓励用ㄅㄆㄇㄈ [MSC, simp.]
gǔlì yòng bōpōmōfō [Pinyin]
encourage the use of bopomofo

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