BP機

See also: BP机

Chinese

		phonetic	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (BP機)		BP	機
simp. (BP机)		BP	机

Etymology

Borrowed from English beeper + 機／机 (jī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìpìjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄆㄧˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bi¹ pi¹ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: BP-jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄆㄧˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìpìji
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-pʻi⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: bì-pì-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihpihji
    • Palladius: бипицзи (bipiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bi¹ pi¹ gei¹
    • Yale: bī pī gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bi¹ pi¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bi¹ pi¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piː⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

BP機

1. (chiefly Mainland China) pager (device)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傳呼機 (“pager; beeper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傳呼機, 尋呼機 Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	電蛐蛐兒
	Taiwan	呼叫器, 叩機, BB Call
	Harbin	電蛐蛐兒
	Singapore	傳呼機
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	BP機
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	電蛐蛐兒, 電蛐蛐
	Wuhan	電蛐蛐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	call機, BB機
	Hong Kong	傳呼機, call機, BB機
	Kaiping (Chikan)	BB機, call機
	Dongguan	BB機, call機
Southern Min	Xiamen	呼機
	Quanzhou	呼機
	Zhangzhou	呼機
	Tainan	呼機仔
Wu	Shanghai	拷機