巴拉克

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴拉克)		巴	拉	克

Etymology

From English Barack.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bālākè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ laai¹ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bālākè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Balakè
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-la¹-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: Bā-lā-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Balhakeh
    • Palladius: Балакэ (Balakɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ laai¹ hak¹
    • Yale: bā lāai hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ laai¹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ lai¹ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/

Proper noun

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1. Barack

   美國終於產生了歷史上第一位黑人總統巴拉克·奧巴馬，這對於美國的民主政治具有劃時代的意義。 [MSC, trad.]
   美国终于产生了历史上第一位黑人总统巴拉克·奥巴马，这对于美国的民主政治具有划时代的意义。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 2008: 周琪 (Zhou Qi), 【美国大选观察】奥巴马为什么大胜？ ([Observations on the American Elections] Why did Obama have a great victory?)

   Měiguó zhōngyú chǎnshēng le lìshǐ shàng dì yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng Bālākè Àobāmǎ, zhè duìyú měiguó de mínzhǔ zhèngzhì jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì. [Pinyin]

   The historic election of the US’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked an epoch in the history of American democracy.

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