大佛口

Chinese

		a giant Buddha, statue or image	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (大佛口)		大佛	口

Etymology

Named after a Japanese company, 大佛洋行, whose store is located at the intersection. Folk etymology suggests named after a different company's logo with a buddha statue on it.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàfókǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ fat⁶ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàfókǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàfókǒu
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-fo²-kʻou³
    • Yale: Dà-fwó-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahforkoou
    • Palladius: Дафокоу (Dafokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ fat⁶ hau²
    • Yale: daaih faht háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ fat⁹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fed⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² fɐt̚² hɐu̯³⁵/

Proper noun

大佛口

1. (colloquial) the area around the intersection between Hennessy Road and Queen's Road East in Wan Chai, Hong Kong