東方之珠

Chinese

		east; the East; the Orient	's; him/her/it; this	pearl; bead
trad. (東方之珠)		東方	之	珠
simp. (东方之珠)		东方	之	珠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngfāng zhī zhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄤ ㄓ ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ fong¹ zi¹ zyu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngfāng zhī zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄤ ㄓ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dongfang jhih jhu
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-fang¹ chih¹ chu¹
    • Yale: Dūng-fāng jr̄ jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongfang jy ju
    • Palladius: Дунфан чжи чжу (Dunfan čži čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ fong¹ zi¹ zyu¹
    • Yale: dūng fōng jī jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ fong¹ dzi¹ dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ fong¹ ji¹ ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

東方之珠

1. the Pearl of the Orient (usually refers to Hong Kong)

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong): 香港 (Xiānggǎng)