瘦巴巴

Chinese

		tight; thin; lean	very; extremely
trad. (瘦巴巴)		瘦	巴巴
simp. #(瘦巴巴)		瘦	巴巴
alternative forms		瘦羓羓 Hokkien 㾪巴巴 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòubābā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³ baa¹ baa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sán-pa-pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòubābā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòubaba
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-pa¹-pa¹
    • Yale: shòu-bā-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showbaba
    • Palladius: шоубаба (šoubaba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³ baa¹ baa¹
    • Yale: sau bā bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ baa¹ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³ ba¹ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sán-pa-pa
    • Tâi-lô: sán-pa-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: safnpa'paf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /san⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /san⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pa³³ pa³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/

Adjective

瘦巴巴

1. (ideophonic) extremely thin; scrawny; skinny; emaciated; gaunt

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瘦巴巴 (“(ideophonic) thin; scrawny; skinny”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘦巴巴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	瘦巴巴
	Harbin	瘦了嘎嘰, 瘦精嘎拉兒, 瘦筋嘎拉兒, 瘦筋巴巴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘦氣氣兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	瘦瘠麻稈, 瘦麻咕唧
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	瘦精精, 瘦卡卡
	Liuzhou	瘦嘎嘎, 瘦躴躿, 瘦躿躴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘦蜢蜢, 瘦擘擘
	Hong Kong	瘦蜢蜢
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	瘦蜢蜢
	Dongguan	瘦蜢蜢, 瘦髀額鶴
Hakka	Meixian	瘦臞臞, 瘦伽伽, 瘦甲甲, 瘦夾夾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瘦夾夾仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瘦夾夾仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瘦夾夾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瘦夾夾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瘦夾夾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瘦攝攝
	Hong Kong	瘦蜢蜢
	Senai (Huiyang)	瘦掹雞
Huizhou	Jixi	瘦精精
Jin	Xinzhou	瘦皮爬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𤸬揭骨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𤸬揭骨, 𤸬揭鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	㾪巴巴, 㾪卑巴, 㾪梭梭, 㾪硞硞
	Quanzhou	㾪支支
	Zhangzhou	㾪卑巴, 㾪硞硞
	Tainan	㾪卑巴, 㾪硞硞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	㾪巴巴
	Manila (Hokkien)	㾪卑巴
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	㾪卑巴
Wu	Shanghai	瘦刮刮, 瘦節節, 瘦㾹㾹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	瘦瘠伶伶
	Danyang	瘦巴巴, 瘦巴郎, 瘦刮刮
	Ningbo	瘦怯怯, 瘦刮刮
	Wenzhou	㾹筋筋