克格勃

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (克格勃)		克	格	勃

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian КГБ (KGB).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kègébó

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ gaak³ but⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kègébó
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kègébó
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻo⁴-ko²-po²
    • Yale: Kè-gé-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kehgerbor
    • Palladius: Кэгэбо (Kɛgɛbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ gaak³ but⁶
    • Yale: hāk gaak buht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ gaak⁸ but⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ gag³ bud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kaːk̚³ puːt̚²/

Proper noun

克格勃

1. KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)