八寶

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Chinese

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

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bābǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄅㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ bou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-pó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bābǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄅㄠˇ
  - 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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ bou²
  - Yale: baat bóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ bou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ bou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ pou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (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

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

Derived terms

Proper noun

八寶

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

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