# BB
## Translingual
### Symbol

BB
* (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Barbados.
    Synonym: BRB (alpha-3)
* (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is somewhat speculative with substantial risk of default.

## English
### Alternative forms

* B.B., B. B., bb (certain senses only)

### Noun

BB (countable and uncountable, plural BBs)
* (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
* Initialism of BlackBerry.
* Initialism of basketball.
* Initialism of baseball.
* (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
* A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
* Initialism of ball bearing.
** 2010, Richard Hoppe, Theodore L. Phillips, Mack Roach, Leibel and Phillips Textbook of Radiation Oncology, page 203:Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin.
* (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
* (gymnastics) Abbreviation of balance beam.
    Coordinate terms: AA, FX, UB, VT
* (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.

#### Derived terms

* BBCode
* BB gun
* beebee

#### Related terms

* BBN
* BBS

### Proper noun

BB
* Initialism of Big Brother.
* Initialism of Big Bang.
* Initialism of Bangka-Belitung.

### Phrase

BB
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of bye bye.

### Adverb

BB
* Initialism of bareback (“without a condom”).

#### Synonyms

* (without a condom): Thesaurus:condomless

### Phrase

BB
* Initialism of best before.

#### Translations
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English baby.

#### Alternative forms

* 啤啤

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): bi$^4$ bi$^1$ / bei$^4$ bi$^1$ / bei$^4$ bi$^2$ / bi$^4$ bi$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bi$^4$ bi$^1$ / bei$^4$ bi$^1$ / bei$^4$ bi$^2$ / bi$^4$ bi$^2$
*** Yale: bìh bī / bèih bī / bèih bí / bìh bí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bi$^4$ bi$^1$ / bei$^4$ bi$^1$ / bei$^4$ bi$^2$ / bi$^4$ bi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bi$^4$ bi$^1$ / béi$^4$ bi$^1$ / béi$^4$ bi$^2$ / bi$^4$ bi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /piː²¹ piː⁵⁵/, /pei̯²¹ piː⁵⁵/, /pei̯²¹ piː³⁵/, /piː²¹ piː³⁵/
* bi4 bi1 - Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur;
* bei4 bi1, bei4 bi2, bi4 bi2 - Kuala Lumpur.

#### Noun

BB
* (Cantonese) baby
* (Cantonese) Affectionate term of address, especially between young couples

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 嬰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嬰兒, 嬰孩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嬰孩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嬰兒, 寶寶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嬰兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 娃娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胎娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小毛娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 嫩娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 小每每, 小咕奶兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | BB仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蘇蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 毛蝦 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 赤蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蘇蝦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 毛伢子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 毛伢崽 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 毛毛仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 孲𤘅哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孲𤘅子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嫩仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蝦毛子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 孲𤘅子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 伢人子, 毛伢子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 赤伢 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 伢毛子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿佅, 嬰仔 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細妹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小娃娃 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小娃子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𤘅仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兒囝囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 嬰仔, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 嬰仔, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 嬰囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 紅嬰 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 毛毛崽 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | anak |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 儂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 囝, 儂 intimate |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 丫囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 娃娃 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小小囡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小毛毛, 毛毛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 娒兒, 娒娒兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 王男 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 毛毛唧, 毛毛 |

##### Derived terms

* BB仔
* BB凳
* BB女
* BB床
* BB房
* BB班
* BB用品
* BB籃 / BB篮
* BB豬 / BB猪
* BB車 / BB车

#### See also

* 北鼻 (běibí)

#### Further reading

* Hong Kong Cantonese#Imported loanwords
* Modern Cantonese Phonology; Robert S. Bauer, Paul K. Benedict; Mouton de Gruyter; 1997; page 404

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): bi$^1$ bi$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bi$^1$ bi$^1$
*** Yale: bī bī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bi$^1$ bi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bi$^1$ bi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /piː⁵⁵ piː⁵⁵/

#### Noun

BB
* (Cantonese) whistle
    吹BB [Cantonese] ― ceoi$^1$ bi$^1$ bi$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to blow a whistle

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 哨子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 哨兒, 叫雞子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 哨子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 哨子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 哨子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 哨子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哨子, 吹吹兒, 哨哨兒, 叫叫兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 叫珠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 叫子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哨子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 雞, BB, 哨子 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 雞 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 叫骨子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 簫仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 雞 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 嗶嗶仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 嗶嗶仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 嗶嗶仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 嗶嗶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 嗶嗶仔, 吧嗶仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 嗶仔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 哨兒, 哨子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 哨仔, 觱觱仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 觱觱響, 哨子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 觱仔, 委瑣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 觱仔, 觱觱仔, 委瑣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 觱仔, 委瑣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 觱觱仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 咑觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 觱觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 觱觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 觱觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 觱仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 觱 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 技糾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 觱, 觱囝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 叫扁, 叫子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 叫叫, 叫鞭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 吹兒, 哨子, 叫子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 叫珠子, 叫子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 叫子 |

#### See also

* 嗶 / 哔 (bì)

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bībi
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ ˙ㄅㄧ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bībi
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ ˙ㄅㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bibi̊
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^1$-pi$^5$
*** Yale: bī-bi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi.bi
*** Palladius: биби (bibi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵⁵ b̥i²/

#### Verb

BB
* (Mandarin, slang) to complain; to talk rubbish
       nǐ xíng nǐ shàng, bùxíng bié BB [Pinyin]
       (also “you can you up, no can no BB”) If you can do it, go ahead; if you can't, don't criticize it

### Etymology 4

From English BB.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bībī
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ ㄅㄧ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bībī
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ ㄅㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bibi
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^1$-pi$^1$
*** Yale: bī-bī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bibi
*** Palladius: биби (bibi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵⁵ pi⁵⁵/

#### Noun

BB
* BB (a type of pellet)

##### Derived terms

* BB彈 / BB弹
* BB槍 / BB枪 (bībīqiāng)

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.be/

### Noun

BB (plural BB-BB)
* (healthcare) Initialism of berat badan (“bodyweight”).

## Japanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɯ̟ɾɯ̟ː ba̠k̚kɯ̟]

### Noun

BB(ブルーバック) • (burū bakku)
* (Internet slang) Abbreviation of ブルーバック.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²beːˌbeː/

### Noun

BB n
* Abbreviation of barnbördshus (“birthing centre”).
    De flesta föds på BB.Most people are born at birthing centres.