濱角

Chinese

		shore; beach; coast shore; beach; coast; bank	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (濱角)		濱	角
simp. (滨角)		滨	角

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk), via Cantonese 濱角／滨角 (ban1 gok3).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bīnjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bīnjiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Binjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Pin¹-chiao³
    • Yale: Bīn-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Binjeau
    • Palladius: Биньцзяо (Binʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

濱角

1. (obsolete) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)
   • 1895, 王之春, 使俄草, volume 2, page 14:

     又云暹羅之濱角各屬地華人近已二百餘萬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     又云暹罗之滨角各属地华人近已二百余万。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yòu yún Xiānluó zhī bīnjiǎo gè shǔdì huárén jìn yǐ èr bǎi yú wàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 曼谷 (Màngǔ)