苗栗

苗栗

Chinese

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

Etymology

Alternation of 貓貍 (Bâ-lî, literally “viverrid”) or 貓里／貓裡／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
• Min Nan (POJ): Biâu-le̍k / Miâu-le̍k / Biâu-li̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Miáolì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Miaulih
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁴ leot⁶
    • Yale: mìuh leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ lêd⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ lɵt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mèu-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: meuˇ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu² lid⁶
    • IPA: /meu̯¹¹ lit̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Biâu-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Biâu-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biaulek
    • IPA (Taipei): /biaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biaʊ²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Miâu-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Miâu-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miaulek
    • IPA (Taipei): /miãʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miãʊ²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Biâu-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: Biâu-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biaulit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biaʊ¹³⁻²² lit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biaʊ²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biaʊ²⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/

Proper noun

苗栗

1. (～縣) Miaoli (county in Taiwan)
2. (～市) Miaoli (city in Miaoli County)