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See also: 宝宝

Chinese

a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (寶寶) 寶 寶
simp. (宝宝) 宝 宝
alternative forms 保保

Etymology

A diminutive of 寶／宝 (bǎo, “treasure, precious”) formed by reduplication.

Pronunciation

Noun

寶寶

  1. baby; newborn
    我的寶寶叫王小雲。
    我的宝宝叫王小云。
    Wǒ de bǎobǎo jiào Wáng Xiǎoyún.
    My baby’s name is Wang Xiaoyun.
  2. (endearing) darling; honey (often said of a child or lover); sweetheart
  3. (dialectal, endearing) silkworm
  4. (neologism, slang) item; merchandise; product

Synonyms

  • (baby):
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
  • (darling):
  • (silkworm):
Dialectal synonyms of 蠶 (“silkworm”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蠶
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蠶
Taxonomic name 蠶
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 蠶
Taiwan 蠶, 蠶寶寶
Chengde 蠶
Chifeng 蠶
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蠶
Heihe 蠶
Qiqihar 蠶
Harbin 蠶
Jiamusi 蠶
Baicheng 蠶
Changchun 蠶
Tonghua 蠶
Shenyang 蠶
Jinzhou 蠶
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 蠶
Tangshan 蠶
Cangzhou 蠶兒
Baoding 蠶
Shijiazhuang 蠶
Lijin 蠶
Jinan 蠶
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 蠶
Dandong 蠶
Yantai 蠶
Yantai (Muping) 蠶
Qingdao 蠶
Zhucheng 蠶
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 蠶兒
Lingbao 蠶
Jining 蠶
Wanrong 蠶
Linfen 蠶兒, 桑蠶
Shangqiu 蠶
Yuanyang 蠶
Zhengzhou 蠶兒
Xinyang 蠶
Baihe 蠶
Xi'an 蠶
Baoji 蠶
Tianshui 蠶
Xining 蠶
Xuzhou 蠶
Fuyang 蠶
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 蠶
Lanzhou 蠶兒, 蠶
Dunhuang 蠶兒
Hami 蠶
Ürümqi 蠶
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 蠶子
Nanchong 蠶子
Dazhou 蠶子
Hanyuan 蠶子
Xichang 蠶子
Zigong 蠶子
Chongqing 蠶子
Wuhan 蠶
Yichang 蠶子, 蠶
Xiangyang 蠶
Tianmen 蠶
Guiyang 蠶子, 蠶
Zunyi 蠶
Bijie 蠶子
Liping 蠶崽
Zhaotong 蠶
Daguan 蠶子
Dali 蠶
Kunming 蠶
Mengzi 蠶
Guilin 蠶
Liuzhou 蠶, 蠶蟲
Jishou 蠶兒
Changde 蠶
Hanzhong 蠶子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝
Yangzhou 蠶子, 蠶
Lianyungang 蠶
Lianshui 蠶
Nantong 蠶兒, 蠶寶寶
Anqing 蠶
Wuhu 蠶
Hefei 蠶
Huanggang 蠶兒
Hong'an 蠶
Cantonese Guangzhou 蠶蟲, 蠶
Hong Kong 蠶蟲, 蠶
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 蠶蟲, 蠶
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 蠶蟲
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 蠶蟲
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 蠶蟲
Macau 蠶
Guangzhou (Panyu) 蠶
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蠶
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蠶
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 蠶
Foshan 蠶
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 蠶
Foshan (Shunde) 蠶
Foshan (Sanshui) 蠶
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蠶
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蠶蟲
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 蠶蟲
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 蠶
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蠶
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蠶
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蠶
Taishan 蠶
Kaiping (Chikan) 蠶
Enping (Niujiang) 蠶
Heshan (Yayao) 蠶
Dongguan 蠶蟲, 蠶
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 蠶
Qingyuan 蠶蟲
Fogang 蠶
Yingde (Hanguang) 蠶蟲
Yangshan 蠶蟲
Lianshan (Butian) 蠶
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 蠶
Shaoguan 蠶蟲
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蠶
Renhua 蠶蟲
Lechang 蠶蟲
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 蠶
Sihui 蠶
Guangning 蠶
Deqing 蠶
Huaiji 蠶
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蠶
Yunfu 蠶
Xinxing 蠶
Luoding 蠶蟲
Yunan (Pingtai) 蠶
Yangjiang 蠶
Xinyi 蠶
Lianjiang 蠶, 蠶蟲
Nanning 蠶蟲, 蠶
Wuzhou 蠶
Yulin 蠶
Hepu (Lianzhou) 蠶
Danzhou 蠶
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蠶
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蠶
Gan Nanchang 蠶
Lichuan 蠶
Pingxiang 蠶蟲
Hakka Meixian 蠶仔
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 蠶蟲
Dongguan (Qingxi) 蠶
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 蠶蟲
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 蠶蟲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 蠶
Heyuan (Bendihua) 蠶
Liannan 蠶
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 蠶
Jiexi 蠶
Changting 蠶哩
Ninghua 蠶
Yudu 蠶子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蠶仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蠶仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 蠶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蠶仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蠶
Hong Kong 蠶蟲
Luchuan 蠶
Luchuan (Daqiao) 蠶
Senai (Huiyang) 蠶
Huizhou Jixi 蠶
Shexian 蠶
Huangshan (Tunxi) 蠶兒
Jin Taiyuan 蠶, 蠶兒
Pingyao 蠶兒
Yangyuan 蠶
Datong 蠶兒
Xinzhou 蠶兒
Lüliang (Lishi) 蠶兒
Changzhi 蠶
Linhe 蠶
Jining 蠶
Hohhot 蠶
Erenhot 蠶
Pingshan 蠶兒
Zhangjiakou 蠶
Handan 蠶
Linzhou 蠶
Suide 蠶兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 蠶仔
Songxi 蠶仔
Zhenghe 蠶仔
Jianyang 蠶仔
Wuyishan 蠶仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 蠶蟲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蠶繭
Fuzhou (Changle) 蠶囝
Fuqing 桑囝
Yongtai 蠶囝
Gutian 蠶繭
Fu'an 蠶
Ningde 蠶繭
Shouning 桑蟲
Zhouning 蠶
Fuding 蠶
Matsu 絲蟲
Southern Min Xiamen 娘仔
Xiamen (Tong'an) 娘仔
Quanzhou 娘仔
Jinjiang 娘仔
Yongchun 娘仙, 娘
Zhangzhou 娘仔, 蠶
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 娘仔, 蠶貓仔
Hua'an 絲蟲
Pinghe 蠶仔
Zhangpu 蠶
Yunxiao 蠶
Zhao'an 蠶仔
Zhao'an (Sidu) 蠶仔
Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang) 蠶
Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping) 蠶
Dongshan 蠶
Taipei 娘仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 娘仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 娘仔
New Taipei (Pingxi) 娘仔
Kaohsiung 蠶仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 蠶仔
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 蠶仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 蠶仔
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 蠶仔
Yilan 娘仔
Yilan (Luodong) 娘仔
Yilan (Toucheng) 娘仔
Changhua (Lukang) 娘仔
Changhua (Yongjing) 娘仔
Taichung 娘仔
Tainan 蠶仔
Tainan (Anping) 蠶仔
Hsinchu 娘仔
Miaoli (Houlong) 娘仔
Chiayi 蠶
Chiayi County (Dongshi) 蠶仔
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 蠶仔
Kinmen 娘仔, 蠶
Penghu (Magong) 娘仔, 蠶
Penghu (Xiyu) 蠶, 娘仔
Longyan 蠶仔
Zhangping (Yongfu) 蟲
Datian 絲蟲
Pingnan (Shangdu) 蠶仔
Chaozhou 蠶
Raoping 蠶
Shantou 蠶
Haifeng 蠶
Bangkok (Teochew) 蠶
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 蠶
Wenchang 蠶
Haikou 蠶蟲, 蠶
Puxian Min Putian 娘囝
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 娘囝
Xianyou 娘囝
Central Min Yong'an 蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔
Sanming (Sanyuan) 蠶仔
Sanming (Shaxian) 蠶仔
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 蠶
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 蠶蟲
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 蠶蟲
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 蠶
Waxiang Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 絲蟲
Wu Shanghai 蠶, 蠶寶寶
Shanghai (Chongming) 蠶
Suzhou 蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶
Wuxi 蠶寶寶
Danyang 蠶
Hangzhou 蠶寶寶
Ningbo 蠶, 蠶寶寶
Wenzhou 蠶兒
Jinhua 蠶兒
Xiang Changsha 蠶子, 蠶
Loudi 蠶子
Shuangfeng 蠶子
Quanzhou 蠶
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 蠶
Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) 蠶
Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 蠶屎蟲, 蠶
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 蠶
Renhua (Zhoutian) 蠶
Renhua (Shitang) 蠶
Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) 蠶
Lechang (Changlai) 蠶絲蟲
Lechang (Beixiang) 桑蟲
Lechang (Huangpu) 蠶子龍
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 蠶蟲
Lechang (Sanxi) 蠶蟲

Derived terms

Pronoun

寶寶

  1. (neologism, slang, humorous) a cute-sounding first-person pronoun usually used by females: I; me
    寶寶心裡苦，但寶寶不說
    宝宝心里苦，但宝宝不说
    bǎobao xīnlǐ kǔ, dàn bǎobao bù shuō
    I feel bitter, but I don't want to say
    嚇死本寶寶了！／吓死本宝宝了！  ―  Xià sǐ běn bǎobao le!  ―  It frightened the pants off me.
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