披頭士

Chinese

		to cover one's face; to have one's hair down; to have dishevelled hair	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (披頭士)		披頭	士
simp. (披头士)		披头	士

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Beatles.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pītóushì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹ tau⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pītóushì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pitóushìh
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻi¹-tʻou²-shih⁴
    • Yale: Pī-tóu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pitourshyh
    • Palladius: Питоуши (Pitouši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei¹ tau⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: pēi tàuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹ tau⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹ teo⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ siː²²/

Proper noun

披頭士

1. Alternative name for 披頭四／披头四 (Pītóusì, “Beatles”).