北約

See also: 北约

Chinese

		north	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (北約)		北	約
simp. (北约)		北	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běiyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ joek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pet-yok
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-iok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běiyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běiyue
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-yüeh¹
    • Yale: Běi-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeiiue
    • Palladius: Бэйюэ (Bɛjjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ joek³
    • Yale: bāk yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ jœːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pet-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: bed` iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pet̚² i̯ok̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pet-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: bed` (r)iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pet̚² (j)i̯ok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-iok
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pak'iog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

北約

1. Short for 北大西洋公約組織 (“NATO”).

Etymology 2

Pun on Etymology 1 and 北大 (Běidà, “PKU”).

Proper noun

北約

1. (Mainland China, education, informal, historical) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   「北約」自主招生試題 [MSC, trad.]
   「北约」自主招生试题 [MSC, simp.]

   “Běiyuē” zìzhǔ zhāoshēng shìtí [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

• 華約／华约 (Huáyuē)