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半球

半球

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (半球)		半	球

Noun

半球

hemisphere

Derived terms

北半球 (Běibànqiú)

南半球 (Nánbànqiú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	球
はん Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

半球 ‎(hiragana はんきゅう, romaji hankyū)

hemisphere

Derived terms

北半球 (きたはんきゅう) ‎(kitahankyū): Northern Hemisphere
南半球 (みなみはんきゅう) ‎(minamihankyū): Southern Hemisphere

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	球

Noun

半球 • ‎(ban-gu) ‎(hangeul 반구)

Hanja form^? of 반구, “hemisphere”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
半	球

Noun

半球

Hán tự form of bán cầu, “hemisphere”

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bànqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ kau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠n⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ kau⁴
  - Yale: bun kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ kau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarkiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/