公寓

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	reside; residence
trad. (公寓)		公	寓
simp. ^#(公寓)		公	寓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngyù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jyu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-ngi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-gū / kong-gī / kong-ú / kong-ǐ

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ ngo⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-gniu; ¹kon-yu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongyù
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-yü⁴
  - Yale: gūng-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongyuh
  - Palladius: гунъюй (gunʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ jyu⁶
  - Yale: gūng yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ yu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-ngi
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ ngi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ ngi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-gū
  - Tâi-lô: kong-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: konggu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ ɡu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-gī
  - Tâi-lô: kong-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: konggi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ú
  - Tâi-lô: kong-ú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'uo
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ u⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ u⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ǐ
  - Tâi-lô: kong-ǐ
  - IPA (Longyan): /koŋ³³⁴ i⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ ngo⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong ngŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ ŋo³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kon-gniu; ¹kon-yu
  - MiniDict: kon^平 nyu; kon^平 yu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-nyy; ¹kon-hhy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲy²¹/, /koŋ⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/

Noun

公寓

multi-storied apartment building (Classifier: 棟／栋; 座; 所)
residential unit in such a building; apartment; flat; condominium (Classifier: 間／间; 套)

Usage notes

In Taiwanese usage, the term commonly refers to low-rise residential buildings of not more than 6 floors, generally without an elevator. Higher-rise buildings have to be legally equipped with elevators and called 華廈／华厦 (7-11F) or more generically 大樓／大楼 (dàlóu).

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 柏文, 雅柏文

Derived terms

公寓大樓 / 公寓大楼 (gōngyù dàlóu)
公寓樓 / 公寓楼 (gōngyùlóu)
高級公寓 / 高级公寓 (gāojí gōngyù)

References

郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “公寓”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 484.