Use this tool to add tone marks to pinyin or to convert tone number (e.g. hao3) to tone marks.
Although you can use the red buttons to add tone marks, we highly recommend you use the number method (e.g. hao3) for speed and placement of the accent above the correct vowel. [Hint: Type "v" for "ü"]
Note: You do not need to use this tool to enter pinyin in this dictionary.
| Phonetics: | ||
| Tone colors (āáǎàa): |
| Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| bei3 wu6 | bei3 wu6 | asylum / shelter / to shield / to put under protection / to take under one's wing |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bei3 | bei3 | to protect / cover / shelter / hide or harbor | ||
| wu6 | wu6 | to protect |
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Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.
The minister was accused of defending the indefensible.
France had agreed to his request for political asylum.
You can't shelter your brother from blame in the accident.
Mendoza is here pending his request for political asylum.
The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.
Fewer than 10 percent of applicants are granted political asylum by German courts.
He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
