開羅

See also: 开罗

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (開羅)		開	羅
simp. (开罗)		开	罗

Etymology

From English Cairo.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kāiluó

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄌㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ lo⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe-lu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kāiluó
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kailuó
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻai¹-lo²
  - Yale: Kāi-lwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kailuo
  - Palladius: Кайло (Kajlo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ lo⁴
  - Yale: hōi lòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ lo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ lo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    開羅 / 开罗
    開鑼 / 开锣
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khe-lu
  - MiniDict: khe^平 lu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ lu²¹/

Proper noun

開羅

Cairo (a city, the capital city of Egypt)
Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Synonyms

(obsolete) 加以羅／加以罗
(obsolete) 該祿／该禄

Descendants

→ Zhuang: Gaihloz