微博

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble
trad. (微博)		微	博
simp. #(微博)		微	博

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēibó, wéibó

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄅㄛˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ bok³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bî-phok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui⁵ pag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēibó
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weibó
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-po²
    • Yale: wēi-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueibor
    • Palladius: вэйбо (vɛjbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēibór
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄅㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weibór
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-po²-ʼrh
    • Yale: wēi-bór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiborl
    • Palladius: вэйбор (vɛjbor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéibó
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéibó
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-po²
    • Yale: wéi-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weibor
    • Palladius: вэйбо (vɛjbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ bok³
    • Yale: mèih bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ bok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ bog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ pɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-phok
    • Tâi-lô: bî-phok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biphog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² pʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ pʰɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui⁵ pag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mûi phak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰak̚²/

Noun

微博

1. (neologism, Internet) microblog
2. (especially) post on Sina Weibo (roughly equivalent to a tweet)

   發微博／发微博  ―  fā Wēibó  ―  to post an update to Weibo

Synonyms

• (microblog): 微博客 (wēibókè)

Proper noun

微博

1. Sina Weibo (a Chinese microblogging service)