寶貝

See also: 宝贝

Chinese

		a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (寶貝)		寶	貝
simp. (宝贝)		宝	贝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎobèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² bui³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-pi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-pòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎobèi → bǎobei (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ → ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobe̊i
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-pei⁵
  - Yale: bǎu-bei
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao.bey
  - Palladius: баобэй (baobɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/ → /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥eɪ̯⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (寶貝兒／宝贝儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎobèir → bǎobeir (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋㄦ → ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄟㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobe̊ir
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-pei⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: bǎu-beir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao.bell
  - Palladius: баобэйр (baobɛjr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pəɻ⁵¹/ → /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥əɻ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² bui³
  - Yale: bóu bui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² bui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² bui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ puːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-pi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` bi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ pi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-pòe
  - Tâi-lô: pó-puè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'poex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pue²¹/

Middle Chinese: pawX pajH

Rime
Character	寶	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	博抱切	愽蓋切
Baxter	pawX	pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^X/	/paj^H/
Li Rong	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Wang Li	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑu^X/	/pɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎo	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou²	bui³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuʔ pˤa[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ paːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寶	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎo	bèi
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^X ›	‹ paj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuʔ/	/*pˁa[t]-s/
English	precious thing	cowry shell
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寶	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3264	415
Phonetic component	缶	貝
Rime group	幽	祭
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	寶	貝
Old Chinese	/*puːʔ/	/*paːds/

Noun

寶貝

(literary) rare and precious seashell
cowry (family Cypraeidae)
(figurative) treasure; valuable object
(figurative, endearing) baby child; baby; bab
(figurative, endearing) darling; honey (often said of a child or lover); sweetheart
(dialectal, endearing) silkworm
(ironic, colloquial, derogatory or) useless or queer person; good-for-nothing

Synonyms

(treasure): 明珠 (míngzhū)
(darling):

可愛／可爱 (kě'ài) (colloquial)
圞心／𪢮心 (lonn² sin¹) (Xiang)
圞心蒂子／𪢮心蒂子 (lonn² sin¹ di⁴ zr) (Xiang)
寶寶／宝宝
小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān) (figurative)
心肝 (xīngān) (figurative)
心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
甜心 (tiánxīn)
親愛的／亲爱的 (qīn'ài de)

(silkworm):

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶 (“silkworm”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蠶
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶
Taxonomic name		蠶
Mandarin	Beijing	蠶
	Taiwan	蠶
	Harbin	蠶
	Shenyang	蠶
	Yantai (Muping)	蠶
	Jinan	蠶
	Luoyang	蠶兒
	Wanrong	蠶
	Xi'an	蠶
	Yinchuan	蠶
	Lanzhou	蠶兒
	Xining	蠶
	Ürümqi	蠶
	Wuhan	蠶
	Huanggang	蠶兒
	Chengdu	蠶子
	Guiyang	蠶子
	Kunming	蠶
	Guilin	蠶
	Liuzhou	蠶, 蠶蟲
	Xuzhou	蠶
	Yangzhou	蠶子, 蠶
	Nanjing	蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝
	Hefei	蠶
	Nantong	蠶兒, 蠶寶寶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蠶蟲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蠶蟲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蠶蟲
	Macau	蠶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蠶
	Foshan	蠶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蠶
	Foshan (Shunde)	蠶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蠶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蠶蟲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蠶蟲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蠶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蠶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蠶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蠶
	Taishan	蠶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蠶
	Enping (Niujiang)	蠶
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠶
	Dongguan	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蠶
	Qingyuan	蠶蟲
	Fogang	蠶
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蠶蟲
	Yangshan	蠶蟲
	Lianshan (Butian)	蠶
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蠶
	Shaoguan	蠶蟲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蠶
	Renhua	蠶蟲
	Lechang	蠶蟲
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蠶
	Sihui	蠶
	Guangning	蠶
	Deqing	蠶
	Huaiji	蠶
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蠶
	Yunfu	蠶
	Xinxing	蠶
	Luoding	蠶蟲
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蠶
	Yangjiang	蠶
	Xinyi	蠶
	Lianjiang	蠶, 蠶蟲
	Nanning	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Wuzhou	蠶
	Yulin	蠶
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蠶
	Danzhou	蠶
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠶
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蠶
Gan	Nanchang	蠶
	Lichuan	蠶
	Pingxiang	蠶蟲
Hakka	Meixian	蠶仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蠶蟲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蠶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蠶蟲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	蠶蟲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蠶
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蠶
	Liannan	蠶
	Conghua (Lütian)	蠶
	Jiexi	蠶
	Changting	蠶哩
	Ninghua	蠶
	Yudu	蠶子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠶仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠶仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蠶仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠶仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蠶
	Hong Kong	蠶蟲
	Luchuan	蠶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蠶
	Senai (Huiyang)	蠶
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶
Huizhou	Tunxi	蠶兒
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶, 蠶兒
	Pingyao	蠶兒
	Xinzhou	蠶兒
	Hohhot	蠶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠶仔
	Songxi	蠶仔
	Zhenghe	蠶仔
	Jianyang	蠶仔
	Wuyishan	蠶仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蠶蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠶繭
	Changle	蠶囝
	Fuqing	桑囝
	Yongtai	蠶囝
	Gutian	蠶繭
	Fu'an	蠶
	Ningde	蠶繭
	Shouning	桑蟲
	Zhouning	蠶
	Fuding	蠶
	Matsu	絲蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	娘仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	娘仔
	Quanzhou	娘仔
	Jinjiang	娘仔
	Yongchun	娘仙, 娘
	Zhangzhou	娘仔, 蠶
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	娘仔, 蠶貓仔
	Hua'an	絲蟲
	Pinghe	蠶仔
	Yunxiao	蠶
	Dongshan	蠶
	Taipei	娘仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	娘仔
	Kaohsiung	蠶仔
	Yilan	娘仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	娘仔
	Taichung	娘仔
	Tainan	蠶仔
	Hsinchu	娘仔
	Kinmen	娘仔, 蠶
	Penghu (Magong)	娘仔, 蠶
	Longyan	蠶仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蟲
	Datian	絲蟲
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蠶仔
	Chaozhou	蠶
	Shantou	蠶
	Haifeng	蠶
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蠶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蠶
	Wenchang	蠶
	Haikou	蠶蟲, 蠶
Central Min	Yong'an	蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔
	Sanyuan	蠶仔
	Shaxian	蠶仔
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蠶
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	蠶蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蠶
Wu	Shanghai	蠶, 蠶寶寶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶
	Suzhou	蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶
	Wuxi	蠶寶寶
	Danyang	蠶
	Hangzhou	蠶寶寶
	Ningbo	蠶, 蠶寶寶
	Wenzhou	蠶兒
	Jinhua	蠶兒
Xiang	Changsha	蠶子, 蠶
	Loudi	蠶子
	Shuangfeng	蠶子
	Quanzhou	蠶

Derived terms

寶貝疙瘩／宝贝疙瘩 (bǎobèi gēda)
寶貝蛋／宝贝蛋
小寶貝／小宝贝
心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
數碼寶貝／数码宝贝 (Shùmǎ Bǎobèi)
活寶貝／活宝贝
神奇寶貝／神奇宝贝 (Shénqí Bǎobèi)

Descendants

→ Manchu: ᠪᠣᠣᠪᠠᡳ (boobai)
→ Middle Korean: 보〯ᄇᆡ〮 (pwǒpóy)
- Korean: 보배 (bobae)
→ Vietnamese: bảo bối, bửu bối
→ Mongolian: ᠪᠦᠪᠡᠢ (bübei), бүүвэй (büüvej)

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