"婆娑" meaning in Chinese

See 婆娑 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pʰɔː²¹ sɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pa̠³³ sa̠³³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /po¹³ so³³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/, /pʰɔː²¹ sɔː⁵⁵/, /pa̠³³ sa̠³³/, /po¹³ so³³/ Chinese transliterations: pósuō [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄆㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄛ [Mandarin, bopomofo], po⁴ so¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ba¹ sa¹, bo² so¹, pósuō [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄆㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄛ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], pósuo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pʻo²-so¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], pwó-swō [Mandarin, Yale, standard], porsuo [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], посо [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], poso [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], pòh sō [Cantonese, Yale], po⁴ so¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], po⁴ so¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ba¹ sa¹ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], bo² so¹ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], ba sa [Middle-Chinese], /*[b]ˤa[j] [s]ˤa[j]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*baːl saːl/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 媻娑
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 婆娑
  1. (literary) dancing; frolicking Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-婆娑-zh-adj-N0jHQYg6 Categories (other): Chinese disyllabic morphemes, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dance Disambiguation of Chinese disyllabic morphemes: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 25 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Dance: 67 14 19
  2. (literary, of trees, etc.) having luxuriant foliage Tags: literary, usually
    Sense id: en-婆娑-zh-adj-q8RLzq3k Categories (other): Chinese disyllabic morphemes, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese disyllabic morphemes: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 25 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 27 40
  3. (literary, of tears) dripping Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-婆娑-zh-adj-ObYd9lEh Categories (other): Chinese disyllabic morphemes, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese disyllabic morphemes: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 25 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 27 40
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      "zh-pron": "pósuō"
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄛ"
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      "zh-pron": "po⁴ so¹"
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      "zh-pron": "ba¹ sa¹"
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      "zh-pron": "pósuō"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄛ"
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      "zh-pron": "pósuo"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "pʻo²-so¹"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "pwó-swō"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "porsuo"
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      "zh-pron": "посо"
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      "ipa": "/pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "pòh sō"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "po⁴ so¹"
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      "zh-pron": "po⁴ so¹"
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      "zh-pron": "ba¹ sa¹"
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        "Changsha",
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      "zh-pron": "bo² so¹"
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      "ipa": "/pa̠³³ sa̠³³/",
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