上巴

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
simp. and trad. (上巴)		上	巴

Etymology

Coined by an Atayal man in an interview in Taiwan Indigenous Television's news report, in analogy with 下巴 (xiàba/xiàbā, “chin”), due to his lack of fluency in Mandarin Chinese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngba, shàngbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄅㄚ, ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngba
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbå
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pa⁵
    • Yale: shàng-ba
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq.ba
    • Palladius: шанба (šanba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ b̥ä¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngba
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pa¹
    • Yale: shàng-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqba
    • Palladius: шанба (šanba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/

Noun

上巴

1. (neologism, Internet slang, humorous) philtrum

Synonyms

• 人中 (rénzhōng)