比爾

See also: 比尔

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (比爾)		比	爾
simp. (比尔)		比	尔

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǐ'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² ji⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pí-ní

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǐ'ěr [Phonetic: bíěr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǐ-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: Pi³-êrh³
    • Yale: Bǐ-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Biieel
    • Palladius: Биэр (Bier)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² ji⁵
    • Yale: béi yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ jiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pí-ní
    • Tâi-lô: Pí-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pynie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁴¹/

Proper noun

比爾

1. A transliteration of the English male given name diminutive Bill

   比爾·蓋茨／比尔·盖茨  ―  Bǐ'ěr Gàicí  ―  Bill Gates

2. A transliteration of the English surname Bill
3. A transliteration of the English surname Beal, Beale, or Beall

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Bill 比尔”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 294: “西方男子教名William的昵称”.