手波

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	wave; (Cantonese) ball
simp. and trad. (手波)		手	波

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒubō

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² bo¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): su³ bo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒubō
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒubo
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-po¹
    • Yale: shǒu-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooubo
    • Palladius: шоубо (šoubo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² bo¹
    • Yale: sáu bō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² bo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² bo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: su³ bo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ po⁴⁴/

Noun

手波

1. (chiefly Cantonese and Hakka) manual transmission; stickshift

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手動排擋 (“manual transmission”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手動變速器, 手動排擋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	手排, 手排擋
	Malaysia	手牙, 手擋, 手動擋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手波, 棍波
	Hong Kong	棍波, 手波
Hakka	Meixian	手波
Southern Min	Taipei	手排 GT
Wu	Shanghai	手排擋
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

• (Cantonese) 自動波／自动波 (zìdòngbō)