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帕勞

帕勞

See also: 帕劳

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (帕勞)		帕	勞
simp. (帕劳)		帕	劳

Proper noun

帕勞

Palau

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 帛琉 (Bóliú)

Etymology

Borrowing from English Palau.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Pàláo

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ lou⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Phà-lô͘ / Phà-lô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Pàláo
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ ㄌㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pahlau
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰa̠⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: paak³ lou⁴
  - Yale: paak lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ lou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɑːk̚³ lou̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phà-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: Phà-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pharloo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phà-lô
  - Tâi-lô: Phà-lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pharlooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa²¹⁻⁵³ lɤ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa²¹⁻⁵³ lɤ¹³/