ㄅ
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Translingual
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Letter
ㄅ
- type: initial consonant
- general transliteration: b
- keyboard key: 1
Descendants
Chinese
Glyph origin
Derived from 勹, the ancient form and current top portion of 包 (Mandarin: bāo), "to wrap up; package".
Etymology 1
Initial consonant derived from 包 (Mandarin: bāo), "to wrap up; package" + rhyme.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bo
- Wade–Giles: po1
- Yale: bwō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
- Palladius: бо (bo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: be
- Wade–Giles: pê1
- Yale: bē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: be
- Palladius: бэ (bɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
| Audio (Pinyin); “b” /p/: | (file) |
Letter
ㄅ
- 1st letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
- 1st letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet
Etymology 2
Simplified from 吧, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of ㄅ – see 吧. (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 吧). |
Etymology 3
Simplified from 不, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of ㄅ – see 不 (“not; cannot; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 不). |
Etymology 4
Simplified from 掰 (bāi), typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of ㄅ – see 掰 (“to bend or break apart with both hands; to adjust; to talk nonsense; to chatter idly; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 掰). |
References
- 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
- Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf
Northern Qiandong Miao
Pronunciation
Letter
ㄅ (b) (Hutton)
- 1st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet
References
- Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198