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"raw_glosses": [
"(martial arts) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
"military",
"politics",
"sports",
"war"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bəʊ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/boʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bo.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bo.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bo.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊ"
},
{
"homophone": "beau"
},
{
"homophone": "Bo"
},
{
"homophone": "bow"
}
],
"word": "bo"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-letter words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English initialisms",
"English lemmas",
"English non-constituents",
"English particles",
"English terms borrowed from Hokkien",
"English terms derived from Hokkien",
"English terms with homophones",
"Pages with 65 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/əʊ",
"Rhymes:English/əʊ/1 syllable",
"Singapore English",
"en:Weapons"
],
"etymology_number": "4",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "無",
"tr": "bô"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 無 /无 (bô)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Hokkien 無 /无 (bô).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pcl"
},
"expansion": "bo",
"name": "en-head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Singapore"
},
"expansion": "(Singapore)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "particle",
"related": [
{
"word": "tio bo"
},
{
"word": "bo bian"
},
{
"word": "bo chup"
},
{
"word": "bo jio"
},
{
"word": "bo liao"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"Singlish"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
6,
11
]
],
"english": "Good, right?",
"text": "Swee bo?",
"translation": "Good, right?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Final interrogative particle, used to invite agreement."
],
"links": [
[
"agreement",
"agreement#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Singlish, interrogative) Final interrogative particle, used to invite agreement."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Singlish"
],
"word": "hor?"
}
],
"tags": [
"Singapore",
"Singlish",
"interrogative"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Singlish"
],
"glosses": [
"Final interrogative particle, forming a yes-no question from a declarative statement."
],
"links": [
[
"yes-no question",
"yes-no question#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Singlish, interrogative) Final interrogative particle, forming a yes-no question from a declarative statement."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Singlish"
],
"word": "or not"
}
],
"tags": [
"Singapore",
"Singlish",
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[boː˨˦]",
"tags": [
"Singapore",
"interrogative"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bəʊ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/boʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bo.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bo.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bo.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bo.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bo.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊ"
},
{
"homophone": "beau"
},
{
"homophone": "Bo"
},
{
"homophone": "bow"
}
],
"word": "bo"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-letter words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English initialisms",
"English lemmas",
"English non-constituents",
"English terms with homophones",
"Pages with 65 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/əʊ",
"Rhymes:English/əʊ/1 syllable",
"en:Weapons"
],
"etymology_number": "5",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "best of"
},
"expansion": "Initialism of best of",
"name": "init"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Initialism of best of.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non-constituent"
},
"expansion": "bo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"word": "bo lei"
},
{
"word": "bo tree"
},
{
"word": "sic bo"
},
{
"word": "zha bo"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "Often directly precedes an odd number",
"word": "best of"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms",
"English terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Best-of-three (bo3) Group Stage Match Information"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of best of: Often directly precedes an odd number."
],
"links": [
[
"best of",
"best of#English"
]
],
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "BO"
}
],
"tags": [
"Singapore",
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bəʊ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/boʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bo.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bo.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-bo.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊ"
},
{
"homophone": "beau"
},
{
"homophone": "Bo"
},
{
"homophone": "bow"
}
],
"word": "bo"
}
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