避風港

See also: 避风港

Chinese edit

		to shelter from the wind; to lie low; to stay away from an unfavourable situation	harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)
trad. (避風港)		避風	港
simp. (避风港)		避风	港

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìfēnggǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄥㄍㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ fung¹ gong²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phit-fûng-kóng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pī-hong-káng / phiah-hong-káng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìfēnggǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄥㄍㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìfonggǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-fêng¹-kang³
  - Yale: bì-fēng-gǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihfenggaang
  - Palladius: бифэнган (bifɛngan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìfēnggǎngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄥㄍㄤˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìfonggǎngr
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-fêng¹-kang³-ʼrh
  - Yale: bì-fēng-gǎngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihfenggaangl
  - Palladius: бифэнганр (bifɛnganr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ kɑ̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ fung¹ gong²
  - Yale: beih fūng góng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ fung¹ gong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ fung¹ gong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phit-fûng-kóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: pid` fung´ gong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pid⁵ fung¹ gong³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰit̚² fuŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-hong-káng
  - Tâi-lô: pī-hong-káng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pixhongkarng
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah-hong-káng
  - Tâi-lô: phiah-hong-káng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiahhongkarng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/

Noun edit

避風港

haven; sanctuary
(figurative) place of safety; haven