舥艚

Chinese

			sea-going junk
trad. (舥艚)		舥	艚
simp. #(舥艚)		舥	艚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pācáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ ㄘㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pācáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pacáo
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻa¹-tsʻao²
    • Yale: Pā-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Patsaur
    • Palladius: Пацао (Pacao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Proper noun

舥艚

1. (～鎮) Pacao (a town in Cangnan, Zhejiang, China)

Usage notes

Although in 2011, Pacao Town was administratively merged into the nearby town of 龍港／龙港 (Lónggǎng), the name Pacao continues to be locally used. As 舥 (pā) is a rare character, the place name is occasionally written with 巴 instead.