柏林

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (柏林)		柏	林

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Berlin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Bólín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Быйлин (Bɨylin, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ lam⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Báik-lìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Piak-lîm / Peh-lîm / Pek-lîm
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷paq-lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bólín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bólín
    • Wade–Giles: Po²-lin²
    • Yale: Bwó-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borlin
    • Palladius: Болинь (Bolinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ lin³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Быйлин (Bɨylin, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei²⁴ liŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak³ lam⁴
    • Yale: paak làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag³ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ lɐm²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Báik-lìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Piak-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: Piak-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piakliim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Peh-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: Peh-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehliim
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lim²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pek-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: Pik-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekliim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁵ lim¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lim²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷paq-lin
    • MiniDict: pah^入 lin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴paq-lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /paʔ³³ lin⁴⁴/

Proper noun

柏林

1. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
2. Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)

Derived terms

• 東柏林／东柏林 (Dōng-Bólín)
• 柏林人 (Bólínrén)
• 柏林圍牆／柏林围墙 (Bólín Wéiqiáng)
• 柏林樂派／柏林乐派
• 柏林牆／柏林墙 (Bólínqiáng)
• 西柏林 (Xī-Bólín)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǎilín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎilín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎilín
    • Wade–Giles: Pai³-lin²
    • Yale: Bǎi-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baelin
    • Palladius: Байлинь (Bajlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/

Proper noun

柏林

1. (～鎮) Bailin (a town in Zhangwan district, in the prefecture-level city of Shiyan, Hubei, China)