帕勞

See also: 帕劳

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (帕勞)		帕	勞
simp. (帕劳)		帕	劳

Etymology

Borrowed from English Palau, from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pàláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ lou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Phà-lô / Phà-lô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pàláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pàláo
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻa⁴-lao²
    • Yale: Pà-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pahlau
    • Palladius: Палао (Palao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak³ lou⁴
    • Yale: paak lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag³ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ lou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phà-lô
    • Tâi-lô: Phà-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pharlooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa²¹⁻⁵³ lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa²¹⁻⁵³ lo¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phà-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: Phà-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pharloo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɔ²⁴/

Proper noun

帕勞

1. (Mainland China) Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 帛琉 (Bóliú)