波霸 (bōbà): boba (large tapioca pearls)

Meanings

1 boba (large tapioca pearls)
2 (slang) big-breasted woman

Characters

波

Examples

我要一杯波霸奶茶。

Wǒ yào yī bēi bōbà nǎichá.

I'll have a boba milk tea.

波霸的珍珠比普通的大。

Bōbà de zhēnzhū bǐ pǔtōng de dà.

Boba pearls are larger than regular ones.

Tips

history

Coined in 1980s Taiwan bubble-tea shops as a crude joke, playing on the slang 波 (boobs) + 霸 (big boss). The large-pearl version stuck as the food name in Taiwan/HK/North America; mainland China more often says 珍珠奶茶.

Stroke Order

波 bō

霸 bà

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