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Translingual
Symbol
BB
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Barbados.
- Synonym: BRB (alpha-3)
- (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)
- (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
- Initialism of BlackBerry.
- Initialism of basketball.
- Initialism of baseball.
- (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
- A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
- 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.
- (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
- (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.
Derived terms
Related terms
Proper noun
BB
- Initialism of Big Brother.
- Initialism of Big Bang.
- Initialism of Bangka-Belitung.
Phrase
BB
- bye bye
Adverb
BB
- bareback; without a condom
Synonyms
Phrase
BB
- Initialism of best before.
Translations
Chinese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English baby.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bi4 bi1, bei4 bi1, bei4 bi2, bi4 bi2
- Yale: bìh bī, bèih bī, bèih bí, bìh bí
- Cantonese Pinyin: bi4 bi1, bei4 bi1, bei4 bi2, bi4 bi2
- Guangdong Romanization: bi4 bi1, béi4 bi1, béi4 bi2, bi4 bi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /piː²¹ piː⁵⁵/, /pei̯²¹ piː⁵⁵/, /pei̯²¹ piː³⁵/, /piː²¹ piː³⁵/
Note:
- bi4 bi1 - Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur;
- bei4 bi1, bei4 bi2, bi4 bi2 - Kuala Lumpur.
Noun
BB
- (Cantonese) baby
- (Cantonese) Affectionate term of address 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
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
嬰孩兒
|
| Taiwan
|
嬰兒, 寶寶
|
| Luoyang
|
娃娃
|
| Wanrong
|
胎娃
|
| Wuhan
|
毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
|
| Chengdu
|
奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
|
| Guiyang
|
嫩娃娃
|
| Kunming
|
小每每, 小咕奶兒
|
| Xuzhou
|
小毛娃兒
|
| Nanjing
|
小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
|
| Singapore
|
嬰兒
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
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
|
| Danyang
|
小毛毛, 毛毛
|
| 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
See also
Further reading
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Noun
BB
- (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
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
哨兒, 叫雞子
|
| Taiwan
|
哨子
|
| Jinan
|
哨子
|
| Xi'an
|
哨子
|
| Wuhan
|
叫珠
|
| Chengdu
|
哨子, 吹吹兒, 哨哨兒, 叫叫兒
|
| Yangzhou
|
叫子
|
| Hefei
|
哨子
|
| Singapore
|
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
- (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
- BB (a type of pellet)
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
BB • (burū bakku)
- (Internet slang) Abbreviation of ブルーバック.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
BB n
- Abbreviation of barnbördshus (“birthing centre”).
De flesta föds på BB.- Most people are born at birthing centres.
Declension