ㄅㄆㄇㄈ

Chinese

		b/p	p/p'	m	f
simp. and trad. (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)		ㄅ	ㄆ	ㄇ	ㄈ

Etymology

From the first four letters of Zhuyin: ㄅ (b), ㄆ (p), ㄇ (m), ㄈ (f)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōpōmōfō, bēpēmēfē

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄆㄛㄇㄛㄈㄛ, ㄅㄜㄆㄜㄇㄜㄈㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bōpōmōfō
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄆㄛㄇㄛㄈㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bopomhofo
  - IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bēpēmēfē
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄜㄆㄜㄇㄜㄈㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bepemhefe
  - IPA ^(key): /pɤ⁵⁵ pʰɤ⁵⁵ mɤ⁵⁵ fɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
  - Yale: bō pō mō fō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ po¹ mo¹ fo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ pʰɔː⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ fɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

ㄅㄆㄇㄈ

(chiefly Taiwan) bopomofo; Zhuyin fuhao
廢掉ㄅㄆㄇㄈ / 废掉ㄅㄆㄇㄈ ― fèidiào bōpōmōfō ― abolish bopomofo

鼓勵用ㄅㄆㄇㄈ / 鼓励用ㄅㄆㄇㄈ ― gǔlì yòng bōpōmōfō ― encourage the use of bopomofo

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