波波

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōbō

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄅㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ bo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōbō → bōbo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄅㄛ → 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

(Cantonese, childish) ball
(colloquial) boobs
(Taiwan, slang, derogatory) medical students or doctors that obtained their degrees from eastern Europe, especially from Poland

Derived terms

吹波波
波波池

See also

波波頭／波波头 (bōbōtóu)

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