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波鞋

Mandarin · pinyin bō xié

(dialect) sports shoes; sneakers (originally Cantonese: 波 is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping bō)

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波: bō · waves, breakers; undulations
鞋: xié · shoes, footwear in general

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1–2 · bo1 xie2

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bo1 haai4

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noun

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, Hainanese, Teochew, Zhongshan Min) sneakers; trainers; athletic shoes (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 對／对 c)
(Shanghainese) light-up shoes; shoes that light up when walking

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