八寶

八寶

Chinese

		eight	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (八寶)		八	寶
simp. (八宝)		八	宝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bābǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ bou²
• Min Nan (POJ): pat-pó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bābǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: babǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pao³
    • Yale: bā-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: babao
    • Palladius: бабао (babao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ bou²
    • Yale: baat bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ pou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-pó
    • Tâi-lô: pat-pó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patpoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ po⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ pɤ⁴¹/

Noun

八寶

1. eight treasures (various ingredients used to prepare certain Chinese dishes)
   1. (specifically, historical) the Eight Seals of the Son of Heaven

Derived terms

八寶粥／八宝粥 (bābǎozhōu) 八寶茶／八宝茶 八寶菜／八宝菜 (bābǎocài)

八寶衫／八宝衫 八寶飯／八宝饭 (bābǎofàn) 甜八寶／甜八宝

Proper noun

八寶

1. (～鎮) Babao (a town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)