shobe
/ˈʃo.be/
shobe noun: the youngest sister.
Noun
shobe (plural shobes)
- the youngest sister
- a younger sister; little sister
- a young female junior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community)
- term of address for the youngest sister
- term of address for a younger sister
- term of address for a young female junior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community)
Proper noun capitalized: Shobe
Shobe (plural Shobes)
- A surname.
Forms of shobe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shobes |
| alternative form | siobe |
| alternative form (slang) | shob |
| alternative form (slang) | shobs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Shobes |
Origin of shobe
Borrowed from Hokkien 小妹 (sió-bē, “younger sister; youngest sister”).
Questions about shobe
- What does shobe mean?
- Shobe means the youngest sister.
- What part of speech is shobe?
- Shobe can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shobe?
- Shobe is pronounced /ˈʃo.be/.
- What is the plural of shobe?
- The plural of shobe is shobes.
Words near shobe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shobe (page history and authors); Shobe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “shobe.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/shobe. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.