# 波子
## Chinese

* 波子 (Cantonese)
* 波子 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): bo$^1$ zi$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bo$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: bō jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bo$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bo$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$波子 坡紙／坡纸

### Noun

波子 (Cantonese)
* small spherical ball, such as: (Classifier: 粒 c)
** marble
** pinball
* (slang) testicle (Classifier: 粒 c)
* (slang) Porsche (Classifier: 架 c)

#### Synonyms

* (marble): 彈珠／弹珠 (dànzhū), 彈子／弹子 (dànzi); (Hakka) 圓珠仔／圆珠仔, 圓子／圆子
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 外腎, 腎 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睪丸, 精巢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛋蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 卵子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 球 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 球蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛋子兒, 蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蛋子兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 卵子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 脬子兒, 腎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 脬卵子, 卵子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 卵蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 卵考子, 考子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 卵子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 卵蛋, 卵子子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 春子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 核 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 核春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 核仁 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 春牯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 春核 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 卵子 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 卵脬仁 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 核子 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 𨳍卵 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 核卵 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 核仔 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 核仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 卵核 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 卵核 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 春仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 卵 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 卵核 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 順子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 卵坨子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Changting | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 核卵仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 核 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 核卵 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 卵子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 堆兒, 蛋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蛋籽子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 𡳞核子, 𡳞核 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 尿脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 卵脬子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 𡳞核, 𡳞核子 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 𡳞脬核仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 𡳞核仔, 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 核 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 𡳞核, 𡳞仁 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𡳞脬核 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 𡳞仁 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 𡳞脬仁 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 𡳞核 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 石核 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 尿脬核 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 腎肚子 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 卵子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 卵子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 卵子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 卵脬黃, 卵子黃 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 卵子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 卵黃, 卵袋黃 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老核子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 考子, 卵子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 睪子 |
* (Porsche): 保時捷／保时捷 (bǎoshíjié)

#### Derived terms

* 波子棋
* 波子機／波子机
* 波子汽水