莆田系

Chinese

		Putian	be; system; to tie be; system; to tie; department; faculty
trad. (莆田系)		莆田	系
simp. #(莆田系)		莆田	系

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pútiánxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ tin⁴ hai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pútiánxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pútiánsì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-tʻien²-hsi⁴
    • Yale: pú-tyán-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutyanshih
    • Palladius: путяньси (putjanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ tin⁴ hai⁶
    • Yale: pòuh tìhn haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tin⁴ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tin⁴ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰiːn²¹ hɐi̯²²/

Noun

莆田系

1. “Putian group”, a system of mostly private hospitals in China owned or operated by people from Putian (a city in Fujian), many of which are troubled by accusations of unethical or illegal practice of medicine