bảo bối
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Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 寶貝 (“precious shell”), from Chinese 寶貝/宝贝 (bǎobèi). See also Chinese 神奇寶貝/神奇宝贝 (Thần kì Bảo bối, “Pokémon”, literally “Magical Babies”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˩ ʔɓoj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨ ʔɓoj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ ʔɓoj˦˥]
Noun
[edit]- (uncommon) a person's very precious thing that they value the most
- (fiction) a magical artifact, relic, device, tool, instrument or weapon
- Tôn Ngộ Không thẳng tay tước lấy bảo bối "gậy như ý" từ Đông Hải Long Vương.
- Sun Wukong straight up took the magical weapon known as the "Compliant Staff" from the Dragon King of the East Sea.
- Harry Potter và bảo bối tử thần
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Đôrêmon/Doraemon dùng bảo bối thần kì để giúp Nôbita.
- Doraemon uses his gadgets to help Nobita.
- (uncommon, in translations from Chinese bootleg DVDs) Short for bảo bối thần kì (“Pokémon”).