芭蕾

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (芭蕾)		芭	蕾
simp. ^#(芭蕾)		芭	蕾

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballet.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bālěi, bāléi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄌㄟˇ, ㄅㄚㄌㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ leoi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pa-lê / pa-lé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bālěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: balěi
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-lei³
  - Yale: bā-lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baleei
  - Palladius: балэй (balɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant, nonstandard)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāléi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄌㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baléi
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-lei²
  - Yale: bā-léi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: balei
  - Palladius: балэй (balɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ leɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ leoi⁴
  - Yale: bā lèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ loey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ lêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-lê
  - Tâi-lô: pa-lê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: palee
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ le²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-lé
  - Tâi-lô: pa-lé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: palea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁵³/

Noun

芭蕾

(dance) ballet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芭蕾舞 (“ballet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芭蕾舞, 芭蕾
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	芭蕾舞, 芭蕾
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	芭蕾舞, балет
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	芭蕾舞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	芭蕾舞
Cantonese	Hong Kong	芭蕾舞
Southern Min	Xiamen	芭蕾舞
Southern Min	Tainan	芭蕾舞
Wu	Shanghai	芭蕾舞

Derived terms

古典芭蕾 (gǔdiǎn bālěi)
水上芭蕾
現代芭蕾 / 现代芭蕾
現代芭蕾舞 / 现代芭蕾舞
空中芭蕾
芭蕾燈 / 芭蕾灯
芭蕾舞