別失八里

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (別失八里)		別	失	八	里
simp. (别失八里)		别	失	八	里

Etymology

Transcription of an Old Uyghur word composed of [script needed] (béš, “five”) and [script needed] (balïq, “city”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Biéshībālǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Biéshībālǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Biéshihbalǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Pieh²-shih¹-pa¹-li³
    • Yale: Byé-shr̄-bā-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Byeshybalii
    • Palladius: Бешибали (Bešibali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

別失八里

1. (historical) Beshbalik; Bechbaliq (an ancient city located in present-day Jimsar county, Xinjiang, China)