柏青嫂

Chinese

		cypress; cedar; surname	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (柏青嫂)		柏	青	嫂
simp. #(柏青嫂)		柏	青	嫂

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese パチスロ (pachisuro) based on 柏青哥 (bóqīnggē, “pachinko”, literally “brother Boqing”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóqīngsǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóqīngsǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bócingsǎo
    • Wade–Giles: po²-chʻing¹-sao³
    • Yale: bwó-chīng-sǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borchingsao
    • Palladius: боцинсао (bocinsao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

柏青嫂

1. (Taiwan) slot machine, especially a pachislot