巴巴

Chinese

		(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. (巴巴)		巴	巴

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bābā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄅㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ba¹ ba¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ baa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bābā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baba
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-pa¹
  - Yale: bā-bā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baba
  - Palladius: баба (baba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    巴巴
    粑粑
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ba¹ ba¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baba
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baa¹ baa¹
  - Yale: bā bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ ba¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    巴巴
    爸爸
    粑粑

Suffix

巴巴

(colloquial) Suffix attached to adjectives to emphasise a state: very; extremely
乾巴巴／干巴巴 ― gānbābā ― very dry

Noun

巴巴

father
See also: 爸爸
palm (clarification of this definition is needed)
pastry
See also: 粑粑
feces
See also: 㞎㞎

Adjective

巴巴

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba¹ ba

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ba¹ ba
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̠³³ pa̠³/

Noun

巴巴

(Xiang) flat, round object
(Xiang) round seal for stamping or a round stamp from a seal

Derived terms

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