巴巴結結

Chinese

		(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)	(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)	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (巴巴結結)		巴	巴	結	結
simp. (巴巴结结)		巴	巴	结	结

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāba-jiējiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ baa¹ git³ git³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāba-jiējiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: babåjiejie
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pa⁵-chieh¹-chieh¹
    • Yale: bā-ba-jyē-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.bajiejie
    • Palladius: бабацзецзе (babaczecze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ b̥ä² t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ baa¹ git³ git³
    • Yale: bā bā git git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ baa¹ git⁸ git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ ba¹ gid³ gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵ kiːt̚³ kiːt̚³/

Adjective

巴巴結結

1. (regional) passable; acceptable
2. (regional) hard-working; diligent; industrious
3. (regional) difficult; arduous

Synonyms

• (passable):

• 一般 (yībān)
• 不大離／不大离 (bùdàlí) (regional)
• 勉強／勉强
• 平常 (píngcháng) (euphemistic)
• 湊合／凑合 (colloquial)
• 說得過去／说得过去 (shuōdeguòqù)
• 過得去／过得去 (guòdeqù)
• 還可以／还可以 (háikěyǐ)
• 還好／还好 (háihǎo)
• 馬馬虎虎／马马虎虎

 

• (hard-working):

• 亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
• 刻苦 (kèkǔ)
• 力落 (Teochew)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勤力 (qínlì) (literary or Cantonese)
• 勤勉 (qínmiǎn)
• 勤勞／勤劳 (qínláo)
• 勤奮／勤奋 (qínfèn)
• 勤快 (qínkuài) (informal)
• 勤懇／勤恳 (qínkěn) (diligent and conscientious)
• 勤謹／勤谨 (Dungan)
• 堅苦／坚苦 (jiānkǔ) (hardworking and persevering)
• 巴劫 (bājié) (literary)
• 急計／急计 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 用功 (yònggōng)
• 發狠／发狠 (fa³ hen⁶) (Xiang)
• 耐勞／耐劳 (nàiláo)
• 骨力 (Hokkien, Puxian Min)

 

• (difficult): 艱辛／艰辛 (jiānxīn)