立法院

Chinese

		to legislate; legislation	courtyard; institution
simp. and trad. (立法院)		立法	院

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lìfǎyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lap⁶ faat³ jyun^6-2 / laap⁶ faat³ jyun^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Li̍p-fap-yen / Li̍p-fap-yan
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Li̍p-hoat-īⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lìfǎyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lìfǎyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: Li⁴-fa³-yüan⁴
  - Yale: Lì-fǎ-ywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lihfaayuann
  - Palladius: Лифаюань (Lifajuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lap⁶ faat³ jyun^6-2 / laap⁶ faat³ jyun^6-2
  - Yale: lahp faat yún / laahp faat yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lap⁹ faat⁸ jyn^6-2 / laap⁹ faat⁸ jyn^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: leb⁶ fad³ yun^6-2 / lab⁶ fad³ yun^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐp̚² faːt̚³ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/, /laːp̚² faːt̚³ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Li̍p-fap-yen
  - Hakka Romanization System: lib fab` ien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lib⁶ fab⁵ yan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lip̚⁵ fap̚² i̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Li̍p-fap-yan
  - Hakka Romanization System: lib fab` (r)ian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lib⁶ fab⁵ yan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lip̚⁵ fap̚² (j)i̯an⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Li̍p-hoat-īⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Li̍p-huat-īnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: libhoat'vi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²⁻⁴ ĩ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²⁻⁵ ĩ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²⁻⁴ ĩ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lip̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²⁻⁴ ĩ³³/

Proper noun

立法院

Legislative Yuan (the legislative branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan)