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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

宝宝

bǎobao

darling; baby

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

darling; baby

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 宝宝 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 宝宝 appears in 42 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

宝宝正在睡觉。bǎo bǎo zhèng zài shuì jiào。

The baby is sleeping.

宝宝开始哭了。bǎo bǎo kāi shǐ kū le。

The baby started to cry.

宝宝在摇篮里入睡了。bǎo bǎo zài yáo lán lǐ rù shuì le。

The baby fell asleep in the cradle.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 宝宝.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 宝宝.

Directly before

  • 的宝宝9
  • 海绵宝宝9
  • 吵醒宝宝2
  • 有些宝宝1
  • 企鹅宝宝1

Directly after

  • 宝宝在4
  • 宝宝还3
  • 宝宝开始2
  • 宝宝是2
  • 宝宝和2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 宝宝

What does 宝宝 mean in Chinese?

宝宝 (bǎobao) means darling; baby.

How do you pronounce 宝宝?

宝宝 is pronounced bǎobao.

Is 宝宝 an HSK word?

宝宝 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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