北半球

Chinese

		north	hemisphere; hemisphere of the Earth
trad. (北半球)		北	半球
simp. #(北半球)		北	半球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běibànqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ bun³ kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pak-pòaⁿ-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běibànqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běibàncióu
    • Wade–Giles: pei³-pan⁴-chʻiu²
    • Yale: běi-bàn-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeibannchyou
    • Palladius: бэйбаньцю (bɛjbanʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ bun³ kau⁴
    • Yale: bāk bun kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ bun³ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ bun³ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ puːn³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pak-pòaⁿ-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: pak-puànn-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakpvoarkiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/

Noun

北半球

1. Northern Hemisphere
2. (slang) upper part of a woman's breast (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Antonyms

• 南半球 (nánbànqiú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	半	球
きた Grade: 2	はん Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
kun’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

From 北 (kita, “north”) +‎ 半球 (hankyū, “hemisphere”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きたは​んきゅう [kìtáháꜜǹkyùù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥ta̠hã̠ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

北(きた)半(はん)球(きゅう) • (kita hankyū) ^{←きたはんきう (kitafankiu)?}

1. the Northern Hemisphere

   Antonym: 南半球 (Minami Hankyū)

Derived terms

• 北(きた)半球(はんきゅう)環状(かんじょう)モード (Kita Hankyū Kanjō Mōdo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
北	半	球

Noun

北半球 • (bukban-gu) (hangeul 북반구)

1. Hanja form^? of 북반구 (“Northern Hemisphere”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
北	半	球

Noun

北半球

1. chữ Hán form of bắc bán cầu (“Northern Hemisphere”).