Bo'aoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Boao
• Po-ao (Wade–Giles)

語源

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博鰲 / 博鳌 (Bó'áo).

発音

• enPR: bǔʹouʹ

固有名詞

Bo'ao

1. A town in Qionghai, Hainan, China.
   • [1938, Tokyo Gazette‎, volume 2, →OCLC, page 35:

     On April 16th, a Japanese landing party, covered by warships and aeroplanes, effected a landing at Poao on the eastern coast of Hainan Island in face of the Chinese force and occupied the port.]

   • 1988, Susana Salas Frazier, John G. Frazier, et al., “Sea Turtles in Fujian and Guangdong Provinces”, in 两栖爬行行动学报 [Acta Herpetologica Sinica]‎, volume 1, Science Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37:

     Beimen beach is just north of Bo'ao port, seaward of the village.

   • 2005 January 18, David Barboza, “China's Latest Capitalist Beachhead”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-29, Business‎:

     And a spectacular international conference center in a resort town called Bo'ao is being promoted as China's answer to Davos, Switzerland, where each January the annual World Economic Forum of business leaders, government officials, activists and intellectuals is held. […]
     Investors have taken notice. Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong billionaire, is scouting development projects here. And Citic Pacific, a huge Hong Kong conglomerate, plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years to develop residential and commercial property in Bo'ao.

   • 2020 July 29, “Yum China Reaches Milestone of 10,000 Stores”, in AP News; w:PR Newswire‎, archived from the original on July 12, 2025‎:

     Yum China Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Yum China”) (NYSE: YUMC) today announced that it has reached the milestone of 10,000 stores in its restaurant network across China and overseas. It celebrated at the 10,000th store opening this month in Bo’ao, Hainan province.

   • 2022 April 21, “China's Xi says international disputes should be resolved via dialogue, not sanctions”, in Voice of America‎, archived from the original on 21 April 2022‎:

     In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video link to the opening ceremony of the Bo'ao Forum For Asia in Bo'ao in southern China's Hainan Province, April 21, 2022.

固有名詞

Boao

1. Alternative spelling of Bo'ao: A town in Qionghai, Hainan, China.
   • 2002 April 19, Jiang Zhong, “Beautiful Boao Bids for Attention”, in Beijing Today‎, →OCLC, page 16:

     The city of Boao (博鳌) entered the limelight during the recent Boao Forum for Asia.
     Situated on the east coast of China’s Hainan Island, Boao is where the East Asian and Southeast Asian economic zones meet in the heart of the Asia Pacific Rim.

   • 2005, David Allan, editor, China‎, 4th edition, Fodor's, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 415:

     Jade Belt Beach, at the mouth of the river, is unusual; it has seawater on one side and freshwater on the other. The old town of Boao, about 5 km (3 mi) away, is quiet but useful for basic shopping. The nearest city, Qionghai, is 16 km (10 mi) away.

   • 2013 April 7, Jane Perlez, Choe Sang-Hun, “China Hints at Limits to North Korea Actions”, in New York Times‎, archived from the original on 07 April 2013, Asia Pacific:

     “No one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain,” Mr. Xi said in a speech at an annual regional business forum in Boao, China.

   • 2014, Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page [4]:

     The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization with a fixed conference date and a fixed address. It was founded in Boao, Hainan Province, China, on February 27, 2001.

   • 2021 March 19, Twinnie Siu, “China to crack down on use of leanness enhancers in cattle and sheep”, in Kirsten Donovan, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 21 March 2021, Currencies‎:

     Villagers on an electric bike herd their cattle along a road in the town of Boao in Qionghai, Hainan province, China August 11, 2018.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Boao.

使用する際の注意点

Boao can be considered a misspelling of Bo'ao. In theory, a syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)) should be added before a non-initial syllable beginning with a, o, or e. Hence, Boao is not allowed since a word made up of bo and ao would be spelled as Bo'ao (cf. Bo'ao) and a word made up of bo, a and o would be spelled as Bo'a'o. In practice, syllable-dividing marks are often added or omitted at will.

Further reading

• Bo'ao, Boao at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.