北投

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (北投)		北	投
simp. #(北投)		北	投

Etymology

Borrowed from Basay ki-pataw (“witch”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běitóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pet-thèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-tâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běitóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běitóu
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-tʻou²
    • Yale: Běi-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeitour
    • Palladius: Бэйтоу (Bɛjtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: bāk tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pet-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bed^ˋ teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /pet̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-tâu
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-tâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakdaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ tau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau²³/

Proper noun

北投

1. (～區) Beitou (district of Taipei City, Taiwan)
2. (～里) An urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan

References

• “Entry #36018”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.