胞波

Chinese

		the placenta; womb	phonetic
trad. (胞波)		胞	波
simp. #(胞波)		胞	波

Etymology

Partial phono-semantic matching of Burmese ပေါက်ဖော် (paukhpau). (Shi, 2021, pg. 138)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāobō

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄅㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāobō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baobo
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-po¹
    • Yale: bāu-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baubo
    • Palladius: баобо (baobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Noun

胞波

1. paukphaw (affectionate term used by Burmese people to call Chinese people)