叻埠
Chinese
| phonetic | a jetty; port; a city a jetty; port; a city; quay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (叻埠) |
叻 | 埠 | |
Etymology
叻 (lè) is short for short for 石叻 (Shílè), itself from Malay Malay selat (“strait”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Lèfù
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄈㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Lèfù
- Wade–Giles: Lê4-fu4
- Yale: Lè-fù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lehfuh
- Palladius: Лэфу (Lɛfu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lik1 fau6
- Yale: līk fauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lik7 fau6
- Guangdong Romanization: lig1 feo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɪk̚⁵ fɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lag8 bou1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la̍k pou
- Sinological IPA (key): /lak̚⁴⁻² pou³³/
- (Teochew)
Proper noun
叻埠
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 新加坡 (“Singapore”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 新加坡 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 新加坡 |
| Malaysia | 新加坡, 新國 | |
| Singapore | 新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 小紅點 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 星加坡, 叻埠 |
| Hong Kong | 新加坡, 星加坡, 星國, 星洲 nickname, 叻埠 dated | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 星加坡 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 星加坡 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 星加坡 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 新加坡, 石叻 dated |
| Quanzhou | 新加坡 | |
| Zhangzhou | 新加坡 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 新加坡, 實叻坡 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 新加坡, 獅城, 石叻 dated | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 新加坡 | |
| Jieyang | 石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 新加坡, 星洲 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 新加坡 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 新加坡 |