五角大廈

Chinese

		pentagon	large building; skyscraper; edifice large building; skyscraper; edifice; plaza
trad. (五角大廈)		五角	大廈
simp. (五角大厦)		五角	大厦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔjiǎo Dàshà, Wǔjiǎo Dàxià

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄚˋ, ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ gok³ daai⁶ haa⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ngó͘-kak-tāi-hā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔjiǎo Dàshà [Phonetic: wújiǎodàshà]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔjiǎo Dàshà
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-chiao³ Ta⁴-sha⁴
  - Yale: Wǔ-jyǎu Dà-shà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuujeau Dahshah
  - Palladius: Уцзяо Даша (Uczjao Daša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔjiǎo Dàxià [Phonetic: wújiǎodàxià]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔjiǎo Dàsià
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-chiao³ Ta⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: Wǔ-jyǎu Dà-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuujeau Dahshiah
  - Palladius: Уцзяо Дася (Uczjao Dasja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ gok³ daai⁶ haa⁶
  - Yale: ńgh gok daaih hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ gok⁸ daai⁶ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ gog³ dai⁶ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ kɔːk̚³ taːi̯²² haː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngó͘-kak-tāi-hā
  - Tâi-lô: Ngóo-kak-tāi-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofkakdaixha
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kak̚³²⁻⁴ tai³³⁻²¹ ha³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kak̚³²⁻⁴ tai³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/

Proper noun

五角大廈

(chiefly Taiwan) Pentagon (headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense)

Synonyms

五角大樓／五角大楼 (Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu)