壁廂

Chinese

		wall; rampart	box (in theatre); side room
trad. (壁廂)		壁	廂
simp. (壁厢)		壁	厢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ soeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìsiang
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: bì-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshiang
    • Palladius: бисян (bisjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ soeng¹
    • Yale: bīk sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

壁廂

1. (early Mandarin, obsolete) side

Usage notes

Roughly equivalent to 邊／边 (biān) or 旁 (páng) in contemporary usage.