PO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "po"

English

Noun

PO (plural POs)

2. Initialism of post office.
4. (business) Initialism of purchase order.
6. (law enforcement) Initialism of police officer.

   Hypernyms: LEO < officer < person

8. (law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer.
   • 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:

     I gotta take a whiz test to my PO / I know I failed 'cause I done smoked major weed, bro

10. (military) Initialism of petty officer.

    Hypernyms: officer < person

    Coordinate terms: CPO, WO, CWO

12. Initialism of principal officer.
14. Initialism of playoff.
16. Initialism of project officer.

Adverb

PO (not comparable)

2. (pharmacology) Initialism of per os (“by mouth, orally”).

   Antonyms: NPO, parenterally

Adjective

PO (not comparable)

2. (medicine) Initialism of peroral.

Anagrams

• OP, Op., op, op.

Chinese

Alternative forms

• po

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄡ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pho͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pou
    • Wade–Giles: pʻou¹
    • Yale: pōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pou
    • Palladius: поу (pou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho͘
    • Tâi-lô: phoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phof
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

PO

1. (chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin, slang) to post online; to upload something online

   • 這是網友PO上網，鬥狗的畫面，從周圍口音和人的穿著，推測應該是對岸的鬥狗比賽 [MSC, trad.]
     这是网友PO上网，斗狗的画面，从周围口音和人的穿着，推测应该是对岸的斗狗比赛 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2009, TVBS, 血腥鬥狗PO上網　愛狗人士批殘忍

     Zhè shì wǎngyǒu pōu shàngwǎng, dòugǒu de huàmiàn, cóng zhōuwéi kǒuyīn hé rén de chuānzhuó, tuīcè yīnggāi shì duì'àn de dòugǒu bǐsài [Pinyin]

     This is a video of a dog fight that some netizens posted online. From the people's accents and clothing, one can speculate that this is a dog fighting match held on the other side of the strait (Mainland).

Synonyms

• 張貼／张贴 (zhāngtiē)
• 貼／贴 (tiē)
• 海報／海报 (hǎibào)
• 公告 (gōnggào)
• 發表／发表 (fābiǎo)

Derived terms

• PO上
• PO文
• PO網 / PO网

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

PO f (invariable)

1. (gaming) abbreviation of pièce d'or
   • 2024 October 20, “What does PO mean?”, in Reddit‎^[1]:

     REMISE IMMÉDIATE Vous récupérez 6% des PO dépensées quand vous achetez des objets légendaries.

     Cash Back Upon purchasing a Legendary item, you are automatically refunded 6% of its total gold cost.^[2]

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.o/, [ˈpe.o]

Noun

PO (plural PO-PO)

1. (management) initialism of petunjuk operasional (“operational guideline”)
2. (road transport) initialism of perusahaan otobus (“bus company”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: P‧O

Proper noun

PO n or f

1. (politics) initialism of Platforma Obywatelska (“Citizens' Platform (a Polish political party)”)

Further reading

• “PO”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “PO”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• (given name): P.O., P-O
• (press Ombudsman): Allmänhetens Pressombudsman

Proper noun

PO c (genitive POs)

1. abbreviation and a diminutive of the male given name Per-Ola and Per-Olof
2. (dated since 2019) abbreviation of pressombudsmannen (press Ombudsman)

   Synonyms: MO, medieombudsmannen (“media Ombudsman”)

Derived terms

(given name):

• Peo