白宮

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See also: 白宫

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	palace; uterus
trad. (白宮)		白	宮
simp. (白宫)		白	宫

Etymology

Calque of English White House.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Báigōng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pe̍k-kiong / Pe̍h-kiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Báigōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Báigong
  - Wade–Giles: Pai²-kung¹
  - Yale: Bái-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairgong
  - Palladius: Байгун (Bajgun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: baahk gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pe̍k-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: Pi̍k-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pegkiofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pe̍h-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: Pe̍h-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqkiofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

白宮

the White House

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