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百貨公司

百貨公司

See also: 百货公司

Chinese

		general merchandise	company; firm
trad. (百貨公司)		百貨	公司
simp. (百货公司)		百货	公司

Noun

百貨公司

department store

Synonyms

百貨商店／百货商店 (bǎihuò shāngdiàn)

Usage notes

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bǎihuò gōngsī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ fo³ gung¹ si¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pak-fo kûng-sṳ̂
Min Nan (POJ): pah-hòe kong-si

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎihuò gōngsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baehuoh gongsy
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ fo³ gung¹ si¹
  - Yale: baak fo gūng sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ fo³ gung¹ si¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚³ 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
  - IPA: /pak̚² fo⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pah-hòe kong-si
  - Tâi-lô: pah-huè kong-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pahhoex kongsy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa(ʔ)⁵ hue⁴¹ kɔŋ³³ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hue¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hue²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/