旁遮普

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (旁遮普)		旁	遮	普
simp. #(旁遮普)		旁	遮	普

Etymology

From Hindi पंजाब (pañjāb) or Urdu پنجاب (Panjāb), from Classical Persian پنجاب (panj-āb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pángzhēpǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄓㄜ ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ ze¹ pou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pángzhēpǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄓㄜ ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pángjhepǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻang²-chê¹-pʻu³
    • Yale: Páng-jē-pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Parngjepuu
    • Palladius: Панчжэпу (Pančžɛpu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ ze¹ pou²
    • Yale: pòhng jē póu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ dze¹ pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ zé¹ pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

旁遮普

2. Punjab (a geographical region of South Asia)
4. (～邦) Punjab (a state of India; capital: Chandigarh; largest city: Ludhiana)
6. (～省) Punjab (a province of Pakistan; capital: Lahore)

Derived terms

• 旁遮普語／旁遮普语 (pángzhēpǔyǔ)
• 西旁遮普