琵琶湖

Chinese

		pipa	lake
trad. (琵琶湖)		琵琶	湖
simp. #(琵琶湖)		琵琶	湖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pípáhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ paa⁴ wu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pípáhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pípáhú
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻi²-pʻa²-hu²
    • Yale: Pí-pá-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyiparhwu
    • Palladius: Пипаху (Pipaxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ paa⁴ wu⁴
    • Yale: pèih pàh wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ paa⁴ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ pa⁴ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹ wuː²¹/

Proper noun

琵琶湖

1. Lake Biwa

Japanese

Kanji in this term
琵	琶	湖
び Jinmeiyō	わ Jinmeiyō	こ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びわこ [bìwákó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiɰᵝa̠ko̞]

Proper noun

琵(び)琶(わ)湖(こ) • (Biwako) 

1. (Japanese lake) Lake Biwa

   琵琶湖(びわこ)は、日本(にほん)で最(もっと)も大(おお)きい湖(みずうみ)です。

   Biwako wa, Nihon de mottomo ōkii mizuumi desu.

   Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.