博客

Chinese

		abundant; broad; rich abundant; broad; rich; to get; to win	guest; visitor
trad. (博客)		博	客
simp. #(博客)		博	客
Literally: “to attract guests”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English blog. Coined by Chinese technology writer Fang Xingdong in 2002.

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bókè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ haak³
• Eastern Min (BUC): bŏk-káh
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pag⁴ kêh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bókè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bókè
    • Wade–Giles: po²-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: bwó-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borkeh
    • Palladius: бокэ (bokɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ haak³
    • Yale: bok haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ hag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ haːk̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏk-káh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouʔ⁵⁻²¹ kʰɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pag⁴ kêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phak kheh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰak̚²⁻⁴ kʰeʔ²/

Noun

博客 (Mainland China)

1. blog
2. blogger
3. social media platform (in general)

Synonyms

• (blog):
  • 網誌／网志 (wǎngzhì)
  • (chiefly Taiwan) 部落格 (bùluògé)
  • 博落
• (blogger):
  • 網誌作者／网志作者
  • (chiefly Taiwan) 部落客 (bùluòkè)

Derived terms

• 博主 (bózhǔ)
• 博文 (bówén)
• 微博客 (wēibókè)

 

See also

• 播客 (bōkè)