脫北

Chinese

		to shed; to take off; to escape to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from	north
trad. (脫北/脱北)		脫/脱	北
simp. (脱北)		脱	北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyut³ bak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuoběi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-pei³
    • Yale: twō-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuobeei
    • Palladius: тобэй (tobɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyut³ bak¹
    • Yale: tyut bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyt⁸ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tüd³ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːt̚³ pɐk̚⁵/

Verb

脫北

1. (neologism) to defect or escape from North Korea

Derived terms

• 脫北者 / 脱北者 (tuōběizhě)