八步

Chinese

Etymology 1

		eight	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (八步)		八	步
simp. #(八步)		八	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bābù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bābù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Babù
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: Bā-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Babuh
    • Palladius: Бабу (Babu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ bou⁶
    • Yale: baat bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ pou̯²²/

Proper noun

八步

1. (～區) Babu District (a district of Hezhou, Guangxi, China)

Etymology 2

		eight	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (八步)		八	步
simp. #(八步)		八	步

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peh-pō͘ / poeh-pō͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: peh-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehpo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehpo
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pɔ³³/

Noun

八步

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) tricks; manoeuvres