粉嶺

Chinese

		dust; powder	mountain range
trad. (粉嶺)		粉	嶺
simp. (粉岭)		粉	岭

Etymology

Attested as 粉壁嶺 in the Annals of Xin'an County (新安縣志) [1819].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fěnlǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan² leng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fěnlǐng [Phonetic: fénlǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fěnlǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Fên³-ling³
    • Yale: Fěn-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feenliing
    • Palladius: Фэньлин (Fɛnʹlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan² leng⁵
    • Yale: fán léhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan² leng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen² léng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

Proper noun

粉嶺

1. Fanling (an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong)