僕歐
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[edit]servant | phonetic | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (僕歐) | 僕 | 歐 | |
simp. (仆欧) | 仆 | 欧 |
Etymology
[edit]Phono-semantic matching of English boy, via Shanghainese.
Compare French boy, Vietnamese bồi, Thai บ๋อย (bɔ̌i), Khmer បោយ (baoy), Lao ໂບຍ (bōi) ― various borrowings from the English term, all meaning “(male) servant”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pú-ou
- Wade–Giles: pʻu2-ou1
- Yale: pú-ōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwuou
- Palladius: пуоу (puou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰu³⁵ ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: buk6 au1
- Yale: buhk āu
- Cantonese Pinyin: buk9 au1
- Guangdong Romanization: bug6 eo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʊk̚² ɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
[edit]僕歐
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