貝寧

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (貝寧)		貝	寧
simp. (贝宁)		贝	宁

Etymology

Borrowed from English Benin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bèiníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ ning⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pòe-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bèiníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bèiníng
    • Wade–Giles: Pei⁴-ning²
    • Yale: Bèi-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beyning
    • Palladius: Бэйнин (Bɛjnin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ ning⁴
    • Yale: bui nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ nɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pòe-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: Puè-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poealeeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/

Proper noun

貝寧

1. (Mainland China) Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 貝南／贝南 (Bèinán)
• (historical) 達荷美／达荷美 (Dáhéměi)