微博

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble
trad. (微博)		微	博
simp. ^#(微博)		微	博

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēibó, wéibó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄅㄛˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ bok³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bî-phok

(Teochew, Peng'im): mui⁵ pag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēibó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weibó
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-po²
  - Yale: wēi-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueibor
  - Palladius: вэйбо (vɛjbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    微博
    微薄
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēibór
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄅㄛˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weibór
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-po²-ʼrh
  - Yale: wēi-bór
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiborl
  - Palladius: вэйбор (vɛjbor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéibó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéibó
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-po²
  - Yale: wéi-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weibor
  - Palladius: вэйбо (vɛjbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    微博
    微薄
    韋伯 / 韦伯
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ bok³
  - Yale: mèih bok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ bok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ bog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ pɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-phok
  - Tâi-lô: bî-phok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biphog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² pʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² pʰɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² pʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ pʰɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mui⁵ pag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mûi phak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰak̚²/

Noun

微博

(neologism, Internet) microblog
(especially) post on Sina Weibo (roughly equivalent to a tweet)
發微博／发微博 ― fā Wēibó ― to post an update to Weibo

Synonyms

(microblog): 微博客 (wēibókè)

Proper noun

微博 (Wēibó)

Sina Weibo (a Chinese microblogging service)