偶巴

Chinese

		idol	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
trad. (偶巴)		偶	巴
simp. #(偶巴)		偶	巴
alternative forms		偶吧

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Korean 오빠 (oppa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǒubā, ǒubà

  (Zhuyin): ㄡˇ ㄅㄚ, ㄡˇ ㄅㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒubā
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒuba
    • Wade–Giles: ou³-pa¹
    • Yale: ǒu-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oouba
    • Palladius: оуба (ouba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, imitating Korean)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒubà
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄅㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒubà
    • Wade–Giles: ou³-pa⁴
    • Yale: ǒu-bà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooubah
    • Palladius: оуба (ouba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵¹/

Noun

偶巴

1. (chiefly in Korean media, women's speech) oppa (elder brother, or an affectionate term of address for a somewhat older man)

   Synonym: 歐巴／欧巴 (ōubā)