"波波" meaning in Chinese

See 波波 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ b̥u̯ɔ²/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pɔː⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 波波
  1. (Cantonese, childish) ball Tags: Cantonese, childish
    Sense id: en-波波-zh-noun-6d4IJj9K Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese
  2. (colloquial) boobs Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-波波-zh-noun-foXGdv2X
  3. (Taiwan, slang, derogatory) medical students or doctors that obtained their degrees from eastern Europe, especially from Poland Tags: Taiwan, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-波波-zh-noun-Qa3Dk7Vw Categories (other): Taiwanese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nicknames of individuals Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 56 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 9 77 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 65 27 Disambiguation of Nicknames of individuals: 4 5 69 22
  4. (Mainland China, slang, humorous) Pol Pot Tags: Mainland-China, humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-波波-zh-noun-DBRDKi2k Categories (other): Mainland China Chinese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 吹波波, 波波池 Related terms: 波波頭 (bōbōtóu), 波波头 (bōbōtóu)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "吹波波"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "波波池"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "波波",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bōbōtóu",
      "word": "波波頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bōbōtóu",
      "word": "波波头"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ball"
      ],
      "id": "en-波波-zh-noun-6d4IJj9K",
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, childish) ball"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "childish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "boobs"
      ],
      "id": "en-波波-zh-noun-foXGdv2X",
      "links": [
        [
          "boobs",
          "boobs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) boobs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Taiwanese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 8 56 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 77 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 65 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 5 69 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Nicknames of individuals",
          "orig": "zh:Nicknames of individuals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "medical students or doctors that obtained their degrees from eastern Europe, especially from Poland"
      ],
      "id": "en-波波-zh-noun-Qa3Dk7Vw",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "doctor",
          "doctor"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree"
        ],
        [
          "Poland",
          "Poland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Taiwan, slang, derogatory) medical students or doctors that obtained their degrees from eastern Europe, especially from Poland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mainland China Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pol Pot"
      ],
      "id": "en-波波-zh-noun-DBRDKi2k",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mainland China, slang, humorous) Pol Pot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "humorous",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōbō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo¹ bo¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōbō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōbo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄛ ˙ㄅㄛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bobo̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "po¹-po⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bwō-bwo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo.bo"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bobo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бобо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ b̥u̯ɔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo¹ bo¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bō bō"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo¹ bo¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo¹ bo¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔː⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "波波"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 波",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Nicknames of individuals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "吹波波"
    },
    {
      "word": "波波池"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "波波",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "bōbōtóu",
      "word": "波波頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bōbōtóu",
      "word": "波波头"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Chinese childish terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ball"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, childish) ball"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "childish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boobs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boobs",
          "boobs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) boobs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese derogatory terms",
        "Chinese slang",
        "Taiwanese Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "medical students or doctors that obtained their degrees from eastern Europe, especially from Poland"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "doctor",
          "doctor"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree"
        ],
        [
          "Poland",
          "Poland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Taiwan, slang, derogatory) medical students or doctors that obtained their degrees from eastern Europe, especially from Poland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese humorous terms",
        "Chinese slang",
        "Mainland China Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pol Pot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mainland China, slang, humorous) Pol Pot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "humorous",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōbō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo¹ bo¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōbō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōbo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄛ ㄅㄛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄛ ˙ㄅㄛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bobo̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "po¹-po⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bwō-bwo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo.bo"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bobo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бобо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ b̥u̯ɔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo¹ bo¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bō bō"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo¹ bo¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bo¹ bo¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔː⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "波波"
}

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