百貨公司

See also: 百货公司

Chinese

		one hundred goods; general merchandise	company; firm; corporation
trad. (百貨公司)		百貨	公司
simp. (百货公司)		百货	公司

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎihuò gōngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ fo³ gung¹ si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pak-fo kûng-sṳ̂
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pah-hòe kong-si / pah-hè kong-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁴ huê³ gong¹ si¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷paq-hu-kon-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎihuò gōngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎihuò gongsih
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-huo⁴ kung¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: bǎi-hwò gūng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baehuoh gongsy
    • Palladius: байхо гунсы (bajxo gunsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ fo³ gung¹ si¹
    • Yale: baak fo gūng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ fo³ gung¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ fo³ gung¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ fɔː³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pak-fo kûng-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: bag` fo gung´ sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bag⁵ fo⁴ gung¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pak̚² fo⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pah-hòe kong-si
    • Tâi-lô: pah-huè kong-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pahhoex kongsy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hue²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pah-hè kong-si
    • Tâi-lô: pah-hè kong-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pahhex kongsy
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ he¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁴ huê³ gong¹ si¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: peh huè kong si
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ²⁻⁴ hue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ koŋ³³⁻²³ si³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷paq-hu-kon-sy
    • MiniDict: pah^入 hu kon syi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴paq-hu-kon-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /paʔ³³ hu⁵⁵ koŋ³³ sz̩²¹/

Noun

百貨公司

1. department store (Classifier: 家 m; 間／间 c)

Usage notes

• A 百貨公司／百货公司 (bǎihuò gōngsī) is usually much larger than a 百貨商店／百货商店 (bǎihuò shāngdiàn).

Synonyms

• 廣貨鋪／广货铺 (guan³ ho⁴ pu⁴) (Xiang)
• 洋雜鋪／洋杂铺 (Liuzhou Mandarin)
• 百貨商店／百货商店 (bǎihuò shāngdiàn)
• 百貨店／百货店 (bǎihuòdiàn)

 

Further reading

• “Entry #2744”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.