巴布

Bābù

proper noun #32,701

Meanings

1 Bob
2 Bab/Babu

Characters

to hope for; (sound: Bo-)

cloth (sound: -b)

Examples

HSK 1

我朋友叫巴布。

Wǒ péngyou jiào Bābù.

My friend's name is Bob.

HSK 6

巴布是个常见的英文名字。

Bābù shì gè chángjiàn de yīngwén míngzi.

Bob is a common English name.

Tips

usage

巴布 is a phonetic transliteration most commonly used for the short English name Bob, with 巴 approximating "Bo-" and 布 approximating "-b". It also appears in transliterations of Bab (e.g. Bab el-Mandeb) and the Babu honorific from South Asia.

Stroke Order

巴 bā

布 bù