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北斗

北斗

Chinese

		north	ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars
simp. and trad. (北斗)		北	斗

Proper noun

北斗

Big Dipper

Derived terms

北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	斗
ほく Grade: 2	と Grade: S
on'yomi

Proper noun

北斗 ‎(hiragana ほくと, romaji Hokuto)

Big Dipper
A male or female given name

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Běidǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pet-téu
Min Nan (POJ): Pak-táu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Běidǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidoou
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ dau²
  - Yale: bāk dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dau²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pet-téu
  - Hakka Romanization System: bed` deu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ deu³
  - IPA: /pet̚² te̯u³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-táu
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-táu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakdao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ taʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ taʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁴¹/