戈壁

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (戈壁)		戈	壁

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠭᠣᠪᠢ (ɣobi, “semidesert; desert; Gobi”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gēbì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo¹ bik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Gēbì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄅㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gebih
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gebì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo¹ bik¹
  - Yale: gwō bīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo¹ bik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo¹ big¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː⁵⁵ pɪk̚⁵/

Proper noun

戈壁

Gobi (large desert in East Asia)
(by extension) any desert sharing similar geological features to the Gobi desert; deserts in general

Derived terms

馬勒戈壁／马勒戈壁 (mǎlègēbì)

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