北魏

Chinese edit

		north	surname; name of a dynasty
trad. (北魏)		北	魏
simp. ^#(北魏)		北	魏

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北魏

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běiwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ ngai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-gūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běiwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běiwèi
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-wei⁴
  - Yale: Běi-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeiwey
  - Palladius: Бэйвэй (Bɛjvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ ngai⁶
  - Yale: bāk ngaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ ngai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ ngei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ ŋɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-gūi
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-guī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakgui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ ɡui²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ ɡui²²/

Proper noun edit

北魏

Northern Wei
(～體, ～真書, ～楷書) a calligraphy style, especially prominent on traditional Hong Kong shop signage

Synonyms edit

元魏 (Yuánwèi)

See also edit

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.