北九州

Chinese

		north	the Nine Provinces of ancient China; China; Kyushu
trad. (北九州)		北	九州
simp. #(北九州)		北	九州

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 北九州 (Kitakyūshū).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běijiǔzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gau² zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běijiǔzhōu [Phonetic: béijiǔzhōu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běijiǒujhou
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-chiu³-chou¹
    • Yale: Běi-jyǒu-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeijeoujou
    • Palladius: Бэйцзючжоу (Bɛjczjučžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gau² zau¹
    • Yale: bāk gáu jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gau² dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ geo² zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

北九州

1. (～市) Kitakyūshū (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	九	州
きた Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 1	しゅう Grade: 3
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Proper noun

北(きた)九(きゅう)州(しゅう) • (Kita Kyūshū) 

1. northern Kyūshū (a region of Japan)

   Coordinate terms: 北九州, 中九州, 南九州

Proper noun

北(きた)九(きゅう)州(しゅう) • (Kitakyūshū) 

1. Kitakyūshū (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) [1963–]