塞北

Chinese

		to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian	north
trad. (塞北)		塞	北
simp. #(塞北)		塞	北

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sàiběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ bak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sàiběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sàiběi
    • Wade–Giles: Sai⁴-pei³
    • Yale: Sài-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Saybeei
    • Palladius: Сайбэй (Sajbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ bak¹
    • Yale: choi bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ pɐk̚⁵/

Proper noun

塞北

1. region north of the Great Wall of China
2. (～管理區) Saibei (a management area in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China)