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后羿

后羿

Chinese

		empress; queen; surname	name of a famous archer
simp. and trad. (后羿)		后	羿

Proper noun

后羿

Houyi (2110 BCE - 2019 BCE)

Houyi and his wife Chang'e

Related terms

有窮／有穷 (Yǒuqióng)

References

Houyi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
后羿 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Hòuyì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ ngai⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hō͘-gē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: Hòuyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Howyih
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    后羿
    後裔／后裔
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ ngai⁶
  - Yale: hauh ngaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ ngai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² ŋɐi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-gē
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-gē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxge
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ ge²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² ge⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ ge²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ ge³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ ge³³/