卑詩

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (卑詩)		卑	詩
simp. (卑诗)		卑	诗

Etymology

Borrowed from English BC.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bēishī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Bēishī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beishy
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei¹ si¹
  - Yale: bēi sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ xi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

卑詩

(～省) (chiefly Cantonese) British Columbia; BC (Canadian province)

Usage notes

More commonly used by local Chinese than the synonyms below.

Synonyms

不列顛哥倫比亞／不列颠哥伦比亚 (Bùlièdiān Gēlúnbǐyà)
英屬哥倫比亞／英属哥伦比亚 (Yīngshǔ Gēlúnbǐyà)

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