布吉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (布吉)		布	吉

Etymology 1

First appeared in the name of the Buji train station, opened in 1911; from 布隔, the name of a village, in turn from 莆隔, the earlier name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bùjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ gat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bùjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bùjí
    • Wade–Giles: Pu⁴-chi²
    • Yale: Bù-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Buhjyi
    • Palladius: Буцзи (Buczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ gat¹
    • Yale: bou gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ kɐt̚⁵/

Proper noun

布吉

1. (～街道) Buji (a subdistrict of Longgang district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bùjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ gat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bùjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bùjí
    • Wade–Giles: Pu⁴-chi²
    • Yale: Bù-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Buhjyi
    • Palladius: Буцзи (Buczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ gat¹
    • Yale: bou gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ kɐt̚⁵/

Proper noun

布吉

1. (Hong Kong) Synonym of 普吉 (Pǔjí, “Phuket”)