北九州

Chinese

		north	the Nine Provinces of China; Kyushu
simp. and trad. (北九州)		北	九州

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 北九州 (Kitakyūshū).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běijiǔzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gau² zau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Běijiǔzhōu [Phonetic: béijiǔzhōu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeijeoujou
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ gau² zau¹
  - Yale: bāk gáu jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gau² dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ geo² zeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

北九州

(～市) Kitakyūshū (a city in Fukuoka, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	九	州
きた Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 1	しゅう Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Proper noun

北九州 (hiragana きたきゅうしゅう, rōmaji Kitakyūshū)

Kitakyūshū, a city in Fukuoka Prefecture

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