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不列顛

不列顛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (不列顛)		不	列	顛
simp. (不列颠)		不	列	颠

Proper noun

不列顛

Britain (island); Great Britain

Derived terms

不列顛哥倫比亞／不列颠哥伦比亚 (bùlièdiān Gēlúnbǐyà)

大不列顛／大不列颠 (Dàbùlièdiān)

Etymology

Borrowing from English Britain.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Bùlièdiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ lit⁶ din¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Bùlièdiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Buliehdian
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ lit⁶ din¹
  - Yale: bāt liht dīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ lit⁹ din¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ liːt̚² tiːn⁵⁵/