北欖

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (北欖)		北	欖
simp. (北榄)		北	榄

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai ปากน้ำ (bpàak-náam, “Pak Nam”, mouth of a river; also nickname of Samut Prakan), via Teochew.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běilǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄌㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ laam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běilǎn [Phonetic: béilǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄌㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běilǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-lan³
    • Yale: Běi-lǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeilaan
    • Palladius: Бэйлань (Bɛjlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ län²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ laam⁵
    • Yale: bāk láahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ laam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ lam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ laːm¹³/

Proper noun

北欖

1. (～府) Samut Prakan (a province of Thailand)

Synonyms

• 沙沒巴干 (Shāmòbāgān)