秘魯

See also: 秘鲁 and 祕魯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (秘魯/祕魯)		秘/祕	魯
simp. (秘鲁)		秘	鲁

Etymology

Attested in A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit (瀛寰志略) [1849] by Xu Jiyu.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bìlǔ, Mìlǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄨˇ, ㄇㄧˋ ㄌㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³ lou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pi-lû
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pì-ló͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bìlǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bìlǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Pi⁴-lu³
  - Yale: Bì-lǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bihluu
  - Palladius: Билу (Bilu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mìlǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄌㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mìlǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Mi⁴-lu³
  - Yale: Mì-lǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mihluu
  - Palladius: Милу (Milu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei³ lou⁵
  - Yale: bei lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei³ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi³ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³ lou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pi-lû
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi lu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴ lu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵ lu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pì-ló͘
  - Tâi-lô: Pì-lóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pielor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ lɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ lɔ⁴¹/

Proper noun

秘魯

Peru (a country in South America)
- 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 10, page 13:
  
  初，西班牙既獲祕魯。嘉靖十五年，命亞爾馬哥羅進攻智利。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  初，西班牙既获秘鲁。嘉靖十五年，命亚尔马哥罗进攻智利。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Chū, Xībānyá jì huò Bìlǔ. Jiājìng shíwǔ nián, mìng Yà'ěrmǎgēluó jìngōng Zhìlì. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(obsolete) 白露 (báilù), 孛露