波鞋

Cantonese · source Jyutpingbo1 haai4

Meanings

  1. (noun) running shoes
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Same syllable, six tones

bo波bo1wavebo2—簸bo3to winnowbo4—bo5—bo6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 波鞋 bō xié CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(dialect) sports shoes; sneakers (originally Cantonese: 波 is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping bō)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: bo1 xie2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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bo1 haai4

Cantonese word readings for 波鞋. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

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

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Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source record & identity波鞋 波鞋 [bo1 xie2] {bo1 haai4} /(noun) running shoes/

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