克爾白

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (克爾白)		克	爾	白
simp. (克尔白)		克	尔	白

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kè'ěrbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄦˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ ji⁵ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kè'ěrbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄦˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kè-ěrbái
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻo⁴-êrh³-pai²
    • Yale: Kè-ěr-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Keheelbair
    • Palladius: Кээрбай (Kɛerbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ ji⁵ baak⁶
    • Yale: hāk yíh baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ ji⁵ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ yi⁵ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³ paːk̚²/

Proper noun

克爾白

1. (Islam) Kaaba

Synonyms

• 天房 (Tiānfáng)
• (Yinchuan Mandarin) 拜衣同拉西