別府

Chinese

		other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin	prefecture; mansion
trad. (別府)		別	府
simp. (别府)		别	府

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 別府 (Beppu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Biéfǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄈㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Biéfǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄈㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Biéfǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Pieh²-fu³
  - Yale: Byé-fǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Byefuu
  - Palladius: Бефу (Befu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

別府

(～市) Beppu (a city in Ōita Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
別	府
べつ > べっ Grade: 4	ふ > ぷ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation 1

(Tokyo) べっぷ [bèppú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [be̞p̚pɯ̟]

Proper noun

別(べっ)府(ぷ) • (Beppu)

a city in Ōita Prefecture
a surname

Kanji in this term
別	府
べつ > べ Grade: 4	ふ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): [be̞ɸɯ̟]

Proper noun

別(べ)府(ふ) • (Befu)

a district
a surname

Kanji in this term
別	府
びゅう
Grade: 4	Grade: 4
irregular

Pronunciation 3

IPA^(key): [bʲɨː]

Proper noun

別府(びゅう) • (Byū)

a district

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN