北極光

Chinese

		north	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	light; ray; bright
trad. (北極光)		北	極	光
simp. (北极光)		北	极	光

Etymology

From 北極／北极 (Běijí, “the North Pole”) + 光 (guāng, “light”) or 北 (běi, “north”) + 極光／极光 (jíguāng, “polar light”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běijíguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gik⁶ gwong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běijíguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běijíguang
    • Wade–Giles: pei³-chi²-kuang¹
    • Yale: běi-jí-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeijyiguang
    • Palladius: бэйцзигуан (bɛjcziguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gik⁶ gwong¹
    • Yale: bāk gihk gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gik⁹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gig⁶ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɪk̚² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

北極光

1. northern lights; the aurora of the northern hemisphere