布林

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (布林)		布	林

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English plum.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ lam^4-1
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pu-lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùlín
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lin²
    • Yale: bù-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhlin
    • Palladius: булинь (bulinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ lam^4-1
    • Yale: bou lām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ lam^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ lem^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ lɐm²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pu-lin
    • MiniDict: pu^去 lin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pu-lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu³³ lin⁴⁴/

Noun

布林

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Shanghainese) Alternative form of 布冧 (“plum”)

Derived terms

• 紅布林／红布林
• 黑布林

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boolean.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùlín
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lin²
    • Yale: bù-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhlin
    • Palladius: булинь (bulinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lin³⁵/

Noun

布林

1. (Taiwan, computing) Boolean

Synonyms

• 布爾／布尔 (Bù'ěr)