保齡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (保齡)		保	齡
simp. (保龄)		保	龄

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎolíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² ling⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pau-lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎolíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎolíng
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-ling²
    • Yale: bǎu-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoling
    • Palladius: баолин (baolin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² ling⁴
    • Yale: bóu lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pau-lin
    • MiniDict: pau^去 lin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau-lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³³ lin⁴⁴/

Noun

保齡

1. (games) Short for 保齡球／保龄球 (bǎolíngqiú, “bowling”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 保齡球 (“bowling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		保齡球
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	保齡球
Cantonese	Hong Kong	保齡球, 保齡
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	保齡球
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	保齡球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	保齡球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	保齡球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	保齡球
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	保齡球
Wu	Shanghai	阿保, 保齡球

Related terms

• 碌齡 / 碌龄 (“to play bowling”)