微博客

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	to attract guests; blog; blogger
trad. (微博客)		微	博客
simp. #(微博客)		微	博客

Etymology

Calque of English microblog.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēibókè, wéibókè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄅㄛˊ ㄎㄜˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ bok³ haak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēibókè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄅㄛˊ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weibókè
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-po²-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: wēi-bwó-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiborkeh
    • Palladius: вэйбокэ (vɛjbokɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéibókè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéibókè
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-po²-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: wéi-bwó-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiborkeh
    • Palladius: вэйбокэ (vɛjbokɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ bok³ haak³
    • Yale: mèih bok haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ bok⁸ haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ bog³ hag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ pɔːk̚³ haːk̚³/

Noun

微博客

1. (neologism, Internet) microblog

Synonyms

• 微博 (wēibó)