武洛干

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (武洛干)		武	洛	干

Etymology

From Tagalog Bulacan, via Hokkien.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔluògān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄢ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bú-lo̍h-kan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔluògān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔluògan
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-lo⁴-kan¹
    • Yale: Wǔ-lwò-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuluohgan
    • Palladius: Улогань (Uloganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bú-lo̍h-kan
    • Tâi-lô: Bú-lo̍h-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bwloiqkafn
    • IPA (Philippines): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kan³³/

Proper noun

武洛干

1. (～省) (dated, Philippine Hokkien) Bulacan (a province of the Philippines)
   • 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, page 285:

     往還及參觀時間。須按三日程。幷可順途觀察甲萬端 Cabanatuan 武洛干 Bulacan 仙米乙 San Miguel 各省市立中學。及高小各校。 [MSC, trad.]
     往还及参观时间。须按三日程。并可顺途观察甲万端 Cabanatuan 武洛干 Bulacan 仙米乙 San Miguel 各省市立中学。及高小各校。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǎnghuán jí cānguān shíjiān. Xū àn sān rì chéng. Bìng kě shùntú guānchá Jiǎwànduān Cabanatuan Wǔluògān Bulacan Xiānmǐyǐ San Miguel gè shěng shìlì zhōngxué. Jí gāoxiǎo gè xiào. [Pinyin]

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   • 1924 February 19, “工人自建醫院”, in 南洋商報 [Nanyang Siang Pau], page 10:

     菲訊、菲島武洛干省三味月之農工聯合會、近以該省工人常發生種種危險及病症、而又無一適宜之醫院、[…] [MSC, trad.]
     菲讯、菲岛武洛干省三味月之农工联合会、近以该省工人常发生种种危险及病症、而又无一适宜之医院、[…] [MSC, simp.]

     Fēi xùn, Fēidǎo Wǔluògānshěng Sānwèiyuè zhī nónggōng liánhéhuì, jìn yǐ gāi shěng gōngrén cháng fāshēng zhǒngzhǒng wēixiǎn jí bìngzhèng, ér yòu wú yī shìyí zhī yīyuàn, […] [Pinyin]

     According to Philippine reports, the Farmers' Union of San Miguel^(?), Bulacan, Philippines, recently due to workers in that province regularly having all sorts of danger and illnesses, and also lacking a suitable hospital, […]

Synonyms

• 布拉干 (Bùlāgān)