電白

See also: 电白

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (電白)		電	白
simp. (电白)		电	白
anagram		白電／白电

Etymology

From the area's many thunderstorms.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Diànbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ baak⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): diang⁶ bêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Diànbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Diànbái
    • Wade–Giles: Tien⁴-pai²
    • Yale: Dyàn-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Diannbair
    • Palladius: Дяньбай (Djanʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: dihn baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diang⁶ bêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiăng pe̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ peʔ⁴/

Proper noun

電白

1. (～區, formerly ～縣) Dianbai (a district and former county of Maoming, Guangdong, China)
2. (～縣) (historical) Dianbai County in Guangdong, a former county once administered under Gaozhou
3. (～郡) (historical) Dianbai Commandery in Guangdong, a former commandery once administered under Gaozhou.

Descendants

• → English: Dianbai, Tinpak