薄薄

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (薄薄)		薄	薄
simp. #(薄薄)		薄	薄

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóbó
    • Wade–Giles: po²-po²
    • Yale: bwó-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borbor
    • Palladius: бобо (bobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

Adjective

薄薄

1. (literary) vast; extensive
2. (literary, of taste) weak; insipid; mild
3. (literary, onomatopoeia, ideophonic, of chariots) fast; speedy

Adverb

薄薄

1. (archaic) slightly

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóbó, báobáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄛˊ, ㄅㄠˊ ㄅㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóbó
    • Wade–Giles: po²-po²
    • Yale: bwó-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borbor
    • Palladius: бобо (bobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báobáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˊ ㄅㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báobáo
    • Wade–Giles: pao²-pao²
    • Yale: báu-báu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baurbaur
    • Palladius: баобао (baobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯³⁵ pɑʊ̯³⁵/

Adjective

薄薄

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) flimsy; weak