拱北

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (拱北)		拱	北
simp. ^#(拱北)		拱	北

From Arabic قُبَّة (qubba) or Persian (gonbad).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒngběi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒngběi [Phonetic: góngběi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒngběi
  - Wade–Giles: kung³-pei³
  - Yale: gǔng-běi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goongbeei
  - Palladius: гунбэй (gunbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

拱北

qubba, a small Muslim tomb/shrine
尕勒莽和阿合莽拱北 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Gǎlèmǎng hé Āhémǎng gǒngběi [Pinyin]
tombs of Garamang and Aqmang (ancestors of the Salars)

Etymology 2

		fold hands in salute; to arch	north
trad. (拱北)		拱	北
simp. ^#(拱北)		拱	北

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gǒngběi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung² bak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gǒngběi [Phonetic: góngběi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gǒngběi
  - Wade–Giles: Kung³-pei³
  - Yale: Gǔng-běi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goongbeei
  - Palladius: Гунбэй (Gunbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung² bak¹
  - Yale: gúng bāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung² bak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung² beg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³⁵ pɐk̚⁵/

Proper noun

拱北

(～街道) Gongbei (a subdistrict of Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China)