巴比倫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (巴比倫)		巴	比	倫
simp. (巴比伦)		巴	比	伦

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bābǐlún

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ bei² leon⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-pí-lùn
Eastern Min (BUC): Bă-*bī-lùng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba¹ bi³ long² / ba¹ bi³ luong²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Pa-pí-lûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): ba¹ bi² lung⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bābǐlún
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Babǐlún
  - Wade–Giles: Pa¹-pi³-lun²
  - Yale: Bā-bǐ-lwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Babiiluen
  - Palladius: Бабилунь (Babilunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ bei² leon⁴
  - Yale: bā béi lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ bei² loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ béi² lên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ lɵn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-pí-lùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ bi^ˋ lun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ bi³ lun²
  - Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴ pi³¹ lun¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Bă-*bī-lùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵⁻²¹ pi³³⁻²¹ l̃uŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba¹ bi³ long² [Phonetic: ba⁵ bi² long²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ba-bî-leóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵³³⁻¹¹ pi⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lɔŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba¹ bi³ luong² [Phonetic: ba⁵ bi¹ luong²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ pi³³²⁻⁵⁵ luoŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-pí-lûn
  - Tâi-lô: Pa-pí-lûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pa'pyluun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ba¹ bi² lung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa pí lûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³⁻²³ pi⁵²⁻³⁵ luŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

巴比倫

(historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
- 1813, “馬竇傳福音之書”, in Robert Morrison, transl., 耶穌基利士督我主救者新遺詔書, Matthew 1:17, page 2:
  
  如是各代自亞百拉罕至大五得為十四代，自大五得至移往巴比倫為十四代，又自移往巴比倫至彌賽亞為十四代。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  如是各代自亚百拉罕至大五得为十四代，自大五得至移往巴比伦为十四代，又自移往巴比伦至弥赛亚为十四代。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Rúshì gè dài zì Yàbǎilāhǎn zhì Dàwǔdé wéi shísì dài, zì Dàwǔdé zhì yí wǎng Bābǐlún wéi shísì dài, yòu zì yí wǎng Bābǐlún zhì Mísàiyà wéi shísì dài. [Pinyin]
  So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.