卑南

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (卑南)		卑	南

Etymology

From Puyuma Pinuyumayan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bēinán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ naam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pi-lâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bēinán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Beinán
    • Wade–Giles: Pei¹-nan²
    • Yale: Bēi-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beinan
    • Palladius: Бэйнань (Bɛjnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹ naam⁴
    • Yale: bēi nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ naːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pi-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Pi-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pilaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/

Proper noun

卑南

1. (～族) Puyuma (a Taiwanese aborigine ethnic group)
2. (～鄉) Beinan, Peinan (a rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan)

Derived terms

• 卑南人 (bēinánrén)
• 卑南族 (Bēinánzú)
• 卑南溪
• 卑南語／卑南语 (Bēinányǔ)

 

Descendants

• → English: Beinan, Peinan