ㄅㄆㄇㄈ

Chinese

		b	p	m	f
simp. and trad. (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)		ㄅ	ㄆ	ㄇ	ㄈ

Etymology

From the first four letters of Zhuyin: ㄅ (bō), ㄆ (pō), ㄇ (mō), ㄈ (fō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōpōmōfō, bēpēmēfē

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄆㄛ ㄇㄛ ㄈㄛ, ㄅㄜ ㄆㄜ ㄇㄜ ㄈㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōpōmōfō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄆㄛ ㄇㄛ ㄈㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bopomofo
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-pʻo¹-mo¹-fo¹
    • Yale: bwō-pwō-mwō-fwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bopomhofo
    • Palladius: бопомофо (bopomofo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēpēmēfē
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄜ ㄆㄜ ㄇㄜ ㄈㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bepemefe
    • Wade–Giles: pê¹-pʻê¹-mê¹-fê¹
    • Yale: bē-pē-mē-fē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bepemhefe
    • Palladius: бэпэмэфэ (bɛpɛmɛfɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤ⁵⁵ pʰɤ⁵⁵ mɤ⁵⁵ fɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
    • Yale: bō pō mō fō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ pʰɔː⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ fɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

ㄅㄆㄇㄈ

1. (chiefly Taiwan) bopomofo; Zhuyin fuhao

   廢掉ㄅㄆㄇㄈ [MSC, trad.]
   废掉ㄅㄆㄇㄈ [MSC, simp.]

   fèi diào bōpōmōfō [Pinyin]

   abolish bopomofo

   鼓勵用ㄅㄆㄇㄈ [MSC, trad.]
   鼓励用ㄅㄆㄇㄈ [MSC, simp.]

   gǔlì yòng bōpōmōfō [Pinyin]

   encourage the use of bopomofo