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See also: bb, .bb, -bb, BB+, BB−, B&B, B & B, Bb., B♭, and ꓐꓹ ꓐꓽ

Translingual

Symbol

BB

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Barbados.
    Synonym: BRB (alpha-3)
  2. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is somewhat speculative with substantial risk of default.

English

Alternative forms

Noun

BB (countable and uncountable, plural BBs)

  1. (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
  2. Initialism of BlackBerry.
  3. Initialism of basketball.
  4. Initialism of baseball.
  5. (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
  6. A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
  7. Initialism of ball bearing.
    • 2010, Richard Hoppe, Theodore L. Phillips, Mack Roach, Leibel and Phillips Textbook of Radiation Oncology, page 203:
      Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin.
  8. (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
  9. (gymnastics) Abbreviation of balance beam.
    Coordinate terms: AA, FX, UB, VT
  10. (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.

Derived terms

Proper noun

BB

  1. Initialism of Big Brother.
  2. Initialism of Big Bang.
  3. Initialism of the Bangka Belitung Islands, a province of Indonesia.

Phrase

BB

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of bye bye.

Adverb

BB

  1. Initialism of bareback (“without a condom”).

Synonyms

Phrase

BB

  1. Initialism of best before.

Translations

Chinese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English baby.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bi4 bi1 - Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur;
  • bei4 bi1, bei4 bi2, bi4 bi2 - Kuala Lumpur.

    Noun

    BB

    1. (Cantonese) baby
    2. (Cantonese) Affectionate term of address, especially between young couples
    Synonyms
    Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 嬰
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 嬰兒, 嬰孩
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 嬰孩兒
    Taiwan 嬰兒, 寶寶
    Singapore 嬰兒
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 娃娃
    Wanrong 胎娃
    Xuzhou 小毛娃兒
    Pizhou 月窩孩兒
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
    Wuhan 毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
    Guiyang 嫩娃娃
    Kunming 小每每, 小咕奶兒
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
    Yangzhou 奶黃兒
    Baoying 奶歡子
    Taizhou 奶伢兒
    Zhenjiang 奶寶兒
    Huai'an (Huaiyin) 小毛霞子
    Xuyi 毛伢子
    Nantong 細伢兒
    Rugao 細伢兒
    Yancheng 毛伢兒
    Funing 毛伢兒
    Sihong 毛毛
    Cantonese Guangzhou 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔
    Hong Kong BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔
    Macau BB仔
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 蘇蝦仔
    Taishan 毛蝦
    Kaiping (Chikan) 赤蝦仔
    Dongguan 蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB
    Singapore (Guangfu) 蘇蝦
    Gan Nanchang 毛伢子
    Lichuan 毛伢崽
    Pingxiang 毛毛仔
    Hakka Meixian 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
    Xingning 孲𤘅哩
    Huidong (Daling) 孲𤘅仔
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 孲𤘅子
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 嫩仔
    Changting 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
    Wuping 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
    Wuping (Pingyu) 蝦毛子
    Liancheng 孲𤘅子
    Yudu 伢人子, 毛伢子
    Ruijin 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
    Shicheng 赤伢
    Shangyou (Shexi) 伢毛子
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 孲𤘅仔
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 孲𤘅仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 孲𤘅
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿佅, 嬰仔
    Hong Kong 孲𤘅仔
    Huizhou Jixi 細妹
    Jin Taiyuan 小娃娃
    Xinzhou 小娃子
    Northern Min Jian'ou 𤘅仔
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 兒囝囝
    Southern Min Xiamen 嬰仔, 幼囝
    Quanzhou 嬰仔, 幼囝
    Jinjiang 幼囝
    Yongchun 嬰囝
    Zhangzhou 嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝
    Taipei 嬰仔
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 紅嬰
    Kaohsiung 紅嬰仔
    Yilan 紅嬰仔
    Changhua (Lukang) 紅嬰仔
    Taichung 紅嬰仔
    Tainan 紅嬰仔
    Hsinchu 紅嬰仔
    Kinmen 嬰仔
    Singapore (Hokkien) 嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝
    Manila (Hokkien) 嬰仔
    Guilin (Biyange) 毛毛崽
    Shantou 孥囝
    Jieyang 伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯
    Singapore (Teochew) anak
    Leizhou 儂
    Haikou 囝, 儂 intimate
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 丫囝
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 娃娃
    Wu Shanghai 小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
    Shanghai (Chongming) 小小囡
    Suzhou 小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
    Wuxi 小佬小
    Changshu 血毛毛
    Nantong (Haimen) 小囡
    Changzhou 寶寶
    Danyang 小毛毛, 毛毛, 小毛頭, 毛頭
    Nanjing (Gaochun) 奶毛頭
    Hangzhou 小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
    Ningbo 奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
    Wenzhou 娒兒, 娒娒兒
    Jinhua 王男
    Xiang Changsha 毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
    Loudi 毛毛唧, 毛毛
    Derived terms

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    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB

    1. (Cantonese) whistle
      吹BB [Cantonese]  ―  ceoi1 bi1 bi1   ―  to blow a whistle
    Synonyms
    Dialectal synonyms of 哨子 (“whistle”)
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 哨子
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 哨兒, 叫雞子
    Taiwan 哨子
    Singapore 哨子
    Jilu Mandarin Jinan 哨子
    Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 哨子
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 哨子, 吹吹兒, 哨哨兒, 叫叫兒
    Wuhan 叫珠
    Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 叫子
    Hefei 哨子
    Cantonese Guangzhou 雞
    Hong Kong 雞, BB, 哨子
    Yangjiang 雞
    Gan Nanchang 叫骨子
    Hakka Meixian 簫仔
    Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 雞
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 嗶嗶仔
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 嗶嗶仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 嗶嗶仔
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 嗶嗶
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 嗶嗶仔, 吧嗶仔
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嗶仔
    Jin Taiyuan 哨兒, 哨子
    Northern Min Jian'ou 哨仔, 觱觱仔
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 觱觱響, 哨子
    Southern Min Xiamen 觱仔, 委瑣
    Quanzhou 觱仔, 觱觱仔, 委瑣
    Zhangzhou 觱仔, 委瑣
    Taipei 觱觱仔
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 咑觱仔
    Kaohsiung 觱仔
    Yilan 觱觱仔
    Changhua (Lukang) 觱觱仔
    Taichung 觱仔
    Tainan 觱仔
    Hsinchu 觱觱仔
    Kinmen 觱仔
    Penghu (Magong) 觱仔
    Singapore (Hokkien) 觱仔
    Chaozhou 觱
    Shantou 技糾
    Jieyang 觱, 觱囝
    Wu Shanghai 叫扁, 叫子
    Suzhou 叫叫, 叫鞭
    Wenzhou 吹兒, 哨子, 叫子
    Xiang Changsha 叫珠子, 叫子
    Shuangfeng 叫子

    See also

    Etymology 3

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    BB

    1. (Mandarin, slang) to complain; to talk rubbish
      你行你上，不行別BB [MSC, trad.]
      你行你上，不行别BB [MSC, simp.]
      nǐ xíng nǐ shàng, bùxíng bié BB
      (also “you can you up, no can no BB”) If you can do it, go ahead; if you can't, don't criticize it

    Etymology 4

    From English BB.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB

    1. BB (a type of pellet)
    Derived terms

    Indonesian

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB (plural BB-BB)

    1. (healthcare) Initialism of berat badan (“bodyweight”).

    Japanese

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB(ブルーバック) • (burū bakku) 

    1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of ブルーバック.

    Swedish

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB n

    1. Abbreviation of barnbördshus (“birthing centre”).
      De flesta föds på BB.
      Most people are born at birthing centres.

    Declension

    Declension of BB
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite BB BB:s
    definite BB:t BB:ts
    plural indefinite BB:n BB:ns
    definite BB:na BB:nas
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