巴拉巴拉
Chinese
| phonetic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (巴拉巴拉) |
巴 | 拉 | 巴 | 拉 | |
| alternative forms | balabala | ||||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bālābālā
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: balabala
- Wade–Giles: pa1-la1-pa1-la1
- Yale: bā-lā-bā-lā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: balhabalha
- Palladius: балабала (balabala)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Interjection
巴拉巴拉
- (Internet slang) blah blah blah; et cetera
- (dialectal Mandarin, colloquial) to flip; to invert