四大部洲

Chinese

		four	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)	continent; island
trad. (四大部洲)		四	大	部	洲
simp. #(四大部洲)		四	大	部	洲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì dà bù zhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì dà bù zhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh dà bù jhou
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴ ta⁴ pu⁴ chou¹
    • Yale: sz̀ dà bù jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh dah buh jou
    • Palladius: сы да бу чжоу (sy da bu čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

四大部洲

1. (Buddhism) The four great continents of Buddhist cosmology; namely Jambudvīpa in the south, Pūrvavideha in the east, Aparagodānīya in the west, and Uttarakuru in the north.

Synonyms

• 四洲