五角大廈

Chinese

		pentagon	large building; skyscraper; edifice large building; skyscraper; edifice; plaza
trad. (五角大廈)		五角	大廈
simp. (五角大厦)		五角	大厦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔjiǎo Dàshà, Wǔjiǎo Dàxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄚˋ, ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ gok³ daai⁶ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ngó͘-kak-tāi-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔjiǎo Dàshà [Phonetic: wújiǎodàshà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔjiǎo Dàshà
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-chiao³ Ta⁴-sha⁴
    • Yale: Wǔ-jyǎu Dà-shà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuujeau Dahshah
    • Palladius: Уцзяо Даша (Uczjao Daša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔjiǎo Dàxià [Phonetic: wújiǎodàxià]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔjiǎo Dàsià
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-chiao³ Ta⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: Wǔ-jyǎu Dà-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuujeau Dahshiah
    • Palladius: Уцзяо Дася (Uczjao Dasja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ gok³ daai⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: ńgh gok daaih hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ gok⁸ daai⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ gog³ dai⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ kɔːk̚³ taːi̯²² haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngó͘-kak-tāi-hā
    • Tâi-lô: Ngóo-kak-tāi-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofkakdaixha
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kak̚³²⁻⁴ tai³³⁻²¹ ha³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kak̚³²⁻⁴ tai³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/

Proper noun

五角大廈

1. (chiefly Taiwan) Pentagon (headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense)

Synonyms

• 五角大樓／五角大楼 (Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu)