呼倫貝爾

Chinese

		Hulun Lake	Buir Lake
trad. (呼倫貝爾)		呼倫	貝爾
simp. (呼伦贝尔)		呼伦	贝尔
alternative forms		呼倫布雨爾／呼伦布雨尔

Etymology

Transliteration of Manchu ᡥᡠᠯᡠᠨ
ᠪᡠᡳᡵ (hulun buir), from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠥᠯᠦᠨ
ᠪᠤᠶᠢᠷ (kölün buyir). Named after 呼倫／呼伦 (Hūlún) and 貝爾／贝尔 (Bèi'ěr), the names of two lakes in that region.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hūlúnbèi'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ leon⁴ bui³ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hūlúnbèi'ěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hulúnbèi-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: Hu¹-lun²-pei⁴-êrh³
  - Yale: Hū-lwún-bèi-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huluenbeyeel
  - Palladius: Хулуньбэйэр (Xulunʹbɛjɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ leon⁴ bui³ ji⁵
  - Yale: fū lèuhn bui yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ loen⁴ bui³ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ lên⁴ bui³ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ puːi̯³³ jiː¹³/

Proper noun

呼倫貝爾

(～市, formerly ～盟) Hulunbuir (a prefecture-level city and former league in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)