屏東

See also: 屏东

Chinese

		(standing) screen; get rid of; put aside (standing) screen; get rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back	east
trad. (屏東)		屏	東
simp. (屏东)		屏	东

Etymology

From Japanese 屏東(へいとう) (Heitō) in 1920, referring to its relative position to 半屏山 (Poàⁿ-pêng-soaⁿ, “Mount Banping”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Píngdōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ dung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Phìn-tûng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Bìng-dĕ̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pîn-tong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Píngdōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Píngdong
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻing²-tung¹
    • Yale: Píng-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyngdong
    • Palladius: Пиндун (Pindun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ dung¹
    • Yale: pìhng dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Phìn-tûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: pinˇ dung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin² dung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Bìng-dĕ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nøyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pîn-tong
    • Tâi-lô: Pîn-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pindofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin²³⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

屏東

1. (～縣) Pingtung (a county of Taiwan)
2. (～市) Pingtung (a city in Pingtung County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (historical) 阿猴 (Āhóu), 阿緱／阿缑 (Āgōu)

Descendants

• → English: Pingtung, P'ing-tung, Ping Tung, Pingdong

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屏	東
へい Hyōgaiji	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
屛東 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

屏(へい)東(とう) • (Heitō) 

1. Pingtung (a city in Taiwan)