北竿

Chinese

		north	pole
trad. (北竿)		北	竿
simp. #(北竿)		北	竿

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běigān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gon¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Báe̤k-găng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-kan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běigān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běigan
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-kan¹
    • Yale: Běi-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeigan
    • Palladius: Бэйгань (Bɛjganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gon¹
    • Yale: bāk gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Báe̤k-găng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pøyʔ²⁴⁻²¹ kaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-kan
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakkafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ kan⁴⁴/

Proper noun

北竿

1. (～鄉) Beigan (a rural township in Lienchiang, Taiwan)
2. (～島) Beigan (an island in Beigan, Lienchiang, Taiwan)

Descendants

• → English: Beigan, Peikan, Pei-kan