苗栗

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (苗栗)		苗	栗
simp. ^#(苗栗)		苗	栗

Flag of Miaoli County (苗栗縣)

Etymology

Alternation of 貓貍 (Bâ-lî, literally “viverrid”) or 貓里／貓裏 (Bâ-lí), from Babuza Bari (“name of a tribe”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Miáolì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴ leot⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mèu-li̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Biâu-le̍k / Miâu-le̍k / Biâu-li̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Miáolì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Miáolì
  - Wade–Giles: Miao²-li⁴
  - Yale: Myáu-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Miaulih
  - Palladius: Мяоли (Mjaoli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁴ leot⁶
  - Yale: mìuh leuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ loet⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ lêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ lɵt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mèu-li̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: meuˇ lid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: meu² lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹ lit̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Biâu-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: Biâu-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biaulek
  - IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Miâu-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: Miâu-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miaulek
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /miãu²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /miãu²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Biâu-li̍t
  - Tâi-lô: Biâu-li̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biaulit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³⁻²² lit̚¹²¹/

Proper noun

苗栗

(～縣) Miaoli (a county of Taiwan)
(～市) Miaoli (a city in Miaoli County, Taiwan)

Descendants

→ English: Miaoli, Miao-li

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苗	栗
びょう Grade: S	りつ Jinmeiyō
kan’on

Proper noun

苗(びょう)栗(りつ) • (Byōritsu)

Miaoli (a county of Taiwan)
Miaoli (a county-administered city in Miaoli County, Taiwan)

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