波斯貓

Chinese

		Persia	cat
trad. (波斯貓)		波斯	貓
simp. (波斯猫)		波斯	猫

Etymology

Calque of English Persian cat.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōsīmāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄙ ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ si¹ maau¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pu-sy-mau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōsīmāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄙ ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bosihmao
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-ssŭ¹-mao¹
    • Yale: bwō-sz̄-māu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bosymhau
    • Palladius: босымао (bosymao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ si¹ maau¹
    • Yale: bō sī māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ si¹ maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ xi¹ mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pu-sy-mau
    • MiniDict: pu^平 sy mau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pu-sr-mau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu⁵⁵ sz̩³³ mɔ²¹/

Noun

波斯貓

1. Persian cat