防府

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	prefecture; mansion
simp. and trad. (防府)		防	府

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 防府 (Hōfu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fángfǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄈㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fángfǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fángfǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Fang²-fu³
    • Yale: Fáng-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Farngfuu
    • Palladius: Фанфу (Fanfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

防府

1. (～市) Hōfu (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)