bo bo
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓɔ˧˧ ɓɔ˧˧/
Central
/ɓɔ˧˥ ɓɔ˧˥/
Southern
/ɓɔ˧˧ ɓɔ˧˧/
Job's tears
3 senses
2 Components
Noun
Job's tears
Adverb
jealously
Noun
sorghum
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
Job's tears
A type of cereal plant with small seeds, often used in cooking porridge or for medicinal purposes.
vi Mẹ tôi thường nấu cháo bo bo để bồi bổ sức khỏe.
en My mother often cooks Job's tears porridge to improve health.
Sense 2
Noun
sorghum
Another name for sorghum, a cereal grain used as food for humans or livestock.
vi Hạt bo bo được dùng làm thức ăn cho gia súc.
en Sorghum grains are used as food for livestock.
Adverb
Sense 3
Adverb
jealously
An attitude of keeping possessions or information in an excessive, selfish, and hoard-like manner.
vi Anh ta luôn giữ bo bo những bí mật của mình.
en He always jealously guards his secrets.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
剖剖
Candidates by syllable
bo
剖（圃 / 莆）
bo
剖（圃 / 莆）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.