芭蕾 bālěi ballet (loanword)
How to remember 芭蕾: 芭 a plantain or banana palm + 蕾 flower bud = ballet (loanword).
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- Ballet (loanword) - 芭蕾舞 (bālěiwǔ) ballet dance, 跳芭蕾 (tiào bālěi) to do ballet.
- A phonetic borrowing; usually appears as 芭蕾舞 in full.
- Register: arts, dance.