bảo bối

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === bửu bối === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 寶貝 (“precious shell”), from Chinese 寶貝 / 宝贝 (bǎobèi). See also Chinese 神奇寶貝 / 神奇宝贝 (Thần kì Bảo bối, “Pokémon”, literally “Magical Babies”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˩ ʔɓoj˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨ ʔɓoj˨˩˦] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ ʔɓoj˦˥] === Noun === bảo bối (uncommon) a person's very precious thing that they value the most (fiction) a magical artifact, relic, device, tool, instrument or weapon (uncommon, in translations from Chinese bootleg DVDs) short for bảo bối thần kì (“Pokémon”)