牌坊

Chinese

		cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet	subdivision of a city
trad. (牌坊)		牌	坊
simp. #(牌坊)		牌	坊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páifāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pâi-hng / pâi-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páifāng → páifang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄈㄤ → ㄆㄞˊ ˙ㄈㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páifång
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²-fang⁵
    • Yale: pái-fang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair.fang
    • Palladius: пайфан (pajfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ fɑŋ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai⁴ fong¹
    • Yale: pàaih fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi-hng
    • Tâi-lô: pâi-hng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pai'hngf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi-hong
    • Tâi-lô: pâi-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pai'hofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 牌坊

1. (architecture) paifang (traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure)

Synonyms

• 牌樓／牌楼 (páilóu)