苗栗

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (苗栗)		苗	栗
simp. #(苗栗)		苗	栗

Flag of Miaoli County (苗栗縣)

Etymology

Alternation of 貓貍 (Bâ-lî, literally “viverrid”) or 貓里／貓裏 (Bâ-lí), from Babuza Bari (“name of a tribe”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Miáolì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴ leot⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mèu-li̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Biâu-le̍k / Miâu-le̍k / Biâu-li̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Miáolì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Miáolì
    • Wade–Giles: Miao²-li⁴
    • Yale: Myáu-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Miaulih
    • Palladius: Мяоли (Mjaoli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁴ leot⁶
    • Yale: mìuh leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ lêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ lɵt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mèu-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: meuˇ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu² lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹ lit̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Biâu-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Biâu-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biaulek
    • IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Miâu-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Miâu-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miaulek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miãu²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /miãu²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Biâu-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: Biâu-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biaulit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³⁻²² lit̚¹²¹/

Proper noun

苗栗

1. (～縣) Miaoli (a county of Taiwan)
2. (～市) Miaoli (a city in Miaoli County, Taiwan)

Descendants

• → English: Miaoli, Miao-li

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苗	栗
びょう Grade: S	りつ Jinmeiyō
kan’on

Proper noun

苗(びょう)栗(りつ) • (Byōritsu) 

1. Miaoli (a county of Taiwan)
2. Miaoli (a county-administered city in Miaoli County, Taiwan)