琵琶湖

Chinese

		pipa	lake
trad. (琵琶湖)		琵琶	湖
simp. ^#(琵琶湖)		琵琶	湖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Pípáhú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ paa⁴ wu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Pípáhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Pípáhú
  - Wade–Giles: Pʻi²-pʻa²-hu²
  - Yale: Pí-pá-hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyiparhwu
  - Palladius: Пипаху (Pipaxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ paa⁴ wu⁴
  - Yale: pèih pàh wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ paa⁴ wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ pa⁴ wu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹ wuː²¹/

Proper noun

琵琶湖

Lake Biwa

Japanese

Kanji in this term
琵	琶	湖
び Jinmeiyō	わ Jinmeiyō	こ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びわこ [bìwákó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [bʲiβ̞a̠ko̞]

Proper noun

琵(び)琶(わ)湖(こ) • (Biwako)

(Japanese lake) Lake Biwa
琵琶湖(びわこ)は、日本(にほん)で最(もっと)も大(おお)きい湖(みずうみ)です。
Biwako wa, Nihon de mottomo ōkii mizuumi desu.
Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.