伯明翰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (伯明翰)		伯	明	翰
simp. #(伯明翰)		伯	明	翰

Etymology

Borrowed from English Birmingham.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bómínghàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ ming⁴ hon⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷paq-min-ghoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bómínghàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bómínghàn
    • Wade–Giles: Po²-ming²-han⁴
    • Yale: Bwó-míng-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borminghann
    • Palladius: Боминхань (Bominxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ ming⁴ hon⁶
    • Yale: baak mìhng hohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ ming⁴ hon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ ming⁴ hon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ mɪŋ²¹ hɔːn²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷paq-min-ghoe
    • MiniDict: pah^入 min ghoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴paq-min-hhoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /paʔ³³ min⁵⁵ ɦø²¹/

Proper noun

伯明翰

1. Birmingham (a major city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England)
2. Birmingham (a number of places in the United States)
3. Birmingham (A community in the Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, Saskatchewan, Canada)
4. A transliteration of the English surname Birmingham

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (2007), “Birmingham 伯明翰 [英]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC.