白宮

See also: 白宫

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	palace; uterus
trad. (白宮)		白	宮
simp. (白宫)		白	宫

Etymology

Calque of English White House.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Báigōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pe̍k-kiong / Pe̍h-kiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Báigōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Báigong
    • Wade–Giles: Pai²-kung¹
    • Yale: Bái-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairgong
    • Palladius: Байгун (Bajgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ gung¹
    • Yale: baahk gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pe̍k-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: Pi̍k-kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pegkiofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pe̍h-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: Pe̍h-kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqkiofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

白宮

1. the White House