披頭四

Chinese

		to cover one's face; to have one's hair down; to have dishevelled hair	four
trad. (披頭四)		披頭	四
simp. (披头四)		披头	四

披頭四樂隊。

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Beatles.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pītóusì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹ tau⁴ sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pītóusì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pitóusìh
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻi¹-tʻou²-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: Pī-tóu-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pitoursyh
    • Palladius: Питоусы (Pitousy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei¹ tau⁴ sei³
    • Yale: pēi tàuh sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹ tau⁴ sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹ teo⁴ séi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ sei̯³³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 披頭四

1. Beatles (influential British rock music quartet in the 1960s)

Synonyms

• 披頭士／披头士 (Pītóushì)