白廳

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	(reception) hall; office
trad. (白廳)		白	廳
simp. (白厅)		白	厅

Etymology

Calque of English Whitehall.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Báitīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ teng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Báitīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Báiting
    • Wade–Giles: Pai²-tʻing¹
    • Yale: Bái-tīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairting
    • Palladius: Байтин (Bajtin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ teng¹
    • Yale: baahk tēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ teng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ téng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

白廳

1. Whitehall (the street, or metonymically)