龐貝

Chinese

		huge; enormous; tremendous	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (龐貝)		龐	貝
simp. (庞贝)		庞	贝

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pángbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ bui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pángbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pángbèi
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻang²-pei⁴
    • Yale: Páng-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Parngbey
    • Palladius: Панбэй (Panbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ bui³
    • Yale: pòhng bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ puːi̯³³/

Proper noun

龐貝

1. Pompeii

Compounds

• 龐貝蟲／庞贝虫