亞庇

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (亞庇)		亞	庇
simp. (亚庇)		亚	庇

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Api, Api-Api, the former names of the city. Api in the name may refer to mangroves. Compare Thai พีพี (pii-pii), name for the Phi Phi Islands which may be etymologically related.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yàbì, Yǎbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˋ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yàbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàbì
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: yà-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahbih
    • Palladius: яби (jabi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎbì
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-pi⁴
    • Yale: yǎ-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeabih
    • Palladius: яби (jabi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹/

Proper noun

亞庇

1. (～市) Kota Kinabalu (a city, the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia)