活寶

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (活寶)		活	寶
simp. (活宝)		活	宝
anagram		寶活／宝活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huóbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóbǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huóbǎo
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-pao³
    • Yale: hwó-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwobao
    • Palladius: хобао (xobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

活寶

1. funny fellow; buffoon

   探險活寶／探险活宝  ―  tànxiǎn huóbǎo  ―  the Taiwanese Chinese title of American animated series Adventure Time (literally, “Adventurous Funny Fellows”)

2. apple of one's eye; doted person

Synonyms

• (funny fellow): 寶貨／宝货 (bǎohuò)