貝澳

Chinese

		cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish	deep bay; cove; bay deep bay; cove; bay; harbour; Australia (abbrev.); Macao
trad. (貝澳)		貝	澳
simp. (贝澳)		贝	澳

Etymology

Named 螺杯澳 in 粵大記 [1595].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bèi'ào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ ou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bèi'ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bèi-ào
    • Wade–Giles: Pei⁴-ao⁴
    • Yale: Bèi-àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beyaw
    • Palladius: Бэйао (Bɛjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ ou³
    • Yale: bui ou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ ou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ ou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ ou̯³³/

Proper noun

貝澳

1. Pui O (an area on Lantau Island, Hong Kong)