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北約

北約

See also: 北约

Chinese

		north	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (北約)		北	約
simp. (北约)		北	约

Proper noun

北約

NATO

References

北大西洋公約組織 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Etymology

北 (northern) + 約 (treaty)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Běiyuē

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ joek³
Min Nan (POJ): Pak-iok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Běiyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄩㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeiiue
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y̯œ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ joek³
  - Yale: bāk yeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ joek⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ jœːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-iok
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-iok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pak'iog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ iɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/