北投
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (北投) | 北 | 投 | |
| simp. #(北投) | 北 | 投 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Basay ki-pataw (“witch”), via Hokkien.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bak1 tau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pet-thèu
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-tâu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Běitóu
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Běitóu
- Wade–Giles: Pei3-tʻou2
- Yale: Běi-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeitour
- Palladius: Бэйтоу (Bɛjtou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bak1 tau4
- Yale: bāk tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bak7 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: beg1 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pet-thèu
- Hakka Romanization System: bedˋ teuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: bed5 teu2
- Sinological IPA: /pet̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-tâu
- Tâi-lô: Pak-tâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: pakdaau
- IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tau²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ tau¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau²³/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
北投
- (～區) Beitou (district of Taipei City, Taiwan)
- (～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan
References
- “北投”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.