霹靂舞

Chinese

		thunderbolt; thunderclap; Perak	to dance; to wield; to brandish
trad. (霹靂舞)		霹靂	舞
simp. (霹雳舞)		霹雳	舞

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English breakdancing.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīlìwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ lik¹ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīlìwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pilìwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-li⁴-wu³
    • Yale: pī-lì-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pilihwuu
    • Palladius: пилиу (piliu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ li⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹ lik¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: pīk līk móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ lik⁷ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ lig¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ lɪk̚⁵ mou̯¹³/

Noun

霹靂舞

1. (dance) breakdancing