帛琉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (帛琉)		帛	琉
simp. #(帛琉)		帛	琉

Etymology

Borrowed from English Palau, from Palauan Belau (“Palau”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bóliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bóliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bólióu
    • Wade–Giles: Po²-liu²
    • Yale: Bwó-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borliou
    • Palladius: Болю (Bolju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ lau⁴
    • Yale: baahk làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² lɐu̯²¹/

Proper noun

帛琉

1. (Taiwan) Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 帕勞／帕劳 (Pàláo)