芭樂歌

Chinese

		guava; phonetic (ballad)	song
trad. (芭樂歌)		芭樂	歌
simp. (芭乐歌)		芭乐	歌

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English ballad + 歌 (gē, “song”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bālègē

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bālègē
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: balège
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-lê⁴-ko¹
    • Yale: bā-lè-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: balehge
    • Palladius: балэгэ (balɛgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

芭樂歌

1. (chiefly Taiwan) ballad song (a slow form of popular love song)
   1. (derogatory) cheesy pop song

      • 我寫了一首芭樂歌想要獻給我的芭樂girl [MSC, trad.]
        我写了一首芭乐歌想要献给我的芭乐girl [MSC, simp.]

        From: 2023, 韋禮安 (WeiBird), 芭樂歌 Bala Girl

        wǒ xiě le yī shǒu bāyuègē xiǎngyào xiàn gěi wǒ de bāyuè girl [Pinyin]

        I write a ballad song. I want to show it to my guava girl.