大巴窯

Chinese

		big	phonetic
trad. (大巴窯)		大	巴窯
simp. (大巴窑)		大	巴窑
Literally: “big swamp”.

Etymology

The latter part is derived from Malay paya (“swamp”) via Min Nan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàbāyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄚ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baa¹ jiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tōa Pa-iô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàbāyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄚ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàbayáo
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-pa¹-yao²
    • Yale: Dà-bā-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahbayau
    • Palladius: Дабаяо (Dabajao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ baa¹ jiu⁴
    • Yale: daaih bā yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baa¹ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ba¹ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² paː⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa Pa-iô
    • Tâi-lô: Tuā Pa-iô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doa pa'iooi
    • IPA (Singapore): /tua²²⁻²¹ pa⁴⁴⁻²² io²⁴/

Proper noun

大巴窯

1. Toa Payoh (a region of Singapore)