磕磕巴巴

Chinese

		to tap; knock	to tap; knock	(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)	(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. (磕磕巴巴)		磕	磕	巴	巴

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 磕巴 (kēba).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēkebābā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ hap⁶ baa¹ baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēkebābā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: keke̊baba
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-kʻo⁵-pa¹-pa¹
    • Yale: kē-ke-bā-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke.kebaba
    • Palladius: кэкэбаба (kɛkɛbaba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰə² pä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ hap⁶ baa¹ baa¹
    • Yale: hahp hahp bā bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ hap⁹ baa¹ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ heb⁶ ba¹ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² hɐp̚² paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/

Idiom

磕磕巴巴

1. to stutter; to stammer