白龍尾

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	dragon; imperial; surname	tail
trad. (白龍尾)		白	龍	尾
simp. (白龙尾)		白	龙	尾

白龍尾 (sense 1) is labelled Cap Pak-lung on this map from 1888.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Báilóngwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Báilóngwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Báilóngwěi
    • Wade–Giles: Pai²-lung²-wei³
    • Yale: Bái-lúng-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairlongwoei
    • Palladius: Байлунвэй (Bajlunvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

白龍尾

1. Bailongwei (the southernmost tip of Jiangshan Peninsula (江山半島／江山半岛) or Bailong Peninsula (白龍半島／白龙半岛) of Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China)
   • 1804, 倭什布, 籌辦洋匪疏; quoted in 魏源 [Wei Yuan], 賀長齡 [He Changling], editors, 皇朝經世文編, 1826:

     其自安南駕船而來也，一由白龍尾而入廉雷各洋面，緣白龍尾附近江坪，江坪其消贓之所也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其自安南驾船而来也，一由白龙尾而入廉雷各洋面，缘白龙尾附近江坪，江坪其消赃之所也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Qí zì Ānnán jià chuán ér lái yě, yī yóu Báilóngwěi ér rù Lián Léi gè yángmiàn, yuán báilóngwěi fùjìn Jiāngpíng, Jiāngpíng qí xiāozāng zhī suǒ yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (～島) Bạch Long Vĩ (an island in Vietnam, in the Gulf of Tonkin)

Descendants

• → English: Bailongwei

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白	龍	尾

Proper noun

白龍尾

1. chữ Hán form of Bạch Long Vĩ.