拱北

Chinese

		fold hands in salute; to arch	north
trad. (拱北)		拱	北
simp. #(拱北)		拱	北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǒngběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung² bak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǒngběi [Phonetic: góngběi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǒngběi
    • Wade–Giles: Kung³-pei³
    • Yale: Gǔng-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goongbeei
    • Palladius: Гунбэй (Gunbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung² bak¹
    • Yale: gúng bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung² bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung² beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³⁵ pɐk̚⁵/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

拱北

1. (～街道) Gongbei (a subdistrict of Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قُبَّة (qubba) or Persian گنبد (gonbad).

Noun

拱北

1. qubba, a small Muslim shrine.