德律風

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (德律風)		德	律	風
simp. (德律风)		德	律	风
alternative forms		得律風／得律风

Etymology

Borrowed from English telephone; via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): délǜfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄩˋ ㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ leot⁶ fung¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷teq-liq-fon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: délǜfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄩˋ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: délyùfong
  - Wade–Giles: tê²-lü⁴-fêng¹
  - Yale: dé-lyù-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derliuhfeng
  - Palladius: дэлюйфэн (dɛljujfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ ly⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    得律風 / 得律风
    德律風 / 德律风
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ leot⁶ fung¹
  - Yale: dāk leuht fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ loet⁹ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ lêd⁶ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ lɵt̚² fʊŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷teq-liq-fon
  - MiniDict: teh^入 lih fon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴teq-liq-fon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /təʔ³³ liɪʔ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

Noun

德律風

(dated) telephone
- 1922, 佘柏昭, 顏文初, 劉春澤, editors, 菲律賓華僑教育考察團日記, 中華書局:
  
  德律風四十八號／德律风四十八号 ― délǜfēng sìshíbā hào ― Telephone 48

Synonyms

電話／电话 (diànhuà)
(chiefly Taishanese, dated) 喊線／喊线