塞北

Chinese

		to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian	north
trad. (塞北)		塞	北
simp. ^#(塞北)		塞	北

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sàiběi

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ bak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sàiběi
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sàiběi
  - Wade–Giles: Sai⁴-pei³
  - Yale: Sài-běi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Saybeei
  - Palladius: Сайбэй (Sajbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ bak¹
  - Yale: choi bāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ bak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³ beg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ pɐk̚⁵/

Proper noun

塞北

region north of the Great Wall of China
(～管理區) Saibei (a management area in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China)