冧巴

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (冧巴)		冧	巴
alternative forms		冧把

Etymology

Borrowed from English number.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lam¹ baa^1-2 / nam¹ baa^1-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lam² ba^1-5*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam¹ baa^1-2 / nam¹ baa^1-2
    • Yale: lām bá / nām bá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam¹ baa^1-2 / nam¹ baa^1-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem¹ ba^1-2 / nem¹ ba^1-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵⁻³⁵/, /nɐm⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lam² ba^1-5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵ pa³³⁻³²⁵/

Noun

冧巴

1. (Cantonese) number (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 號碼 (“number”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		號碼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	號碼兒, 號頭兒
	Taiwan	號碼
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	號碼兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	號頭
Mandarin	Malaysia	號碼
	Singapore	號碼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	號碼, 冧巴
	Hong Kong	號碼, 冧巴
	Taishan	號碼, 冧巴
	Singapore (Guangfu)	號碼
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	號碼, 號頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	號碼, 號頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	號碼, 號頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	號碼, 號頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	號碼, 號頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	號頭
Huizhou	Jixi	號頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	號碼, 號頭
	Quanzhou	號碼, 號頭
	Zhangzhou	號碼
	Tainan	號碼, 番號
	Penang (Hokkien)	號碼, 號頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	號碼
	Manila (Hokkien)	號碼, 號頭, 號數
	Singapore (Teochew)	號碼
Wu	Shanghai	號頭
	Ningbo	號頭
Xiang	Changsha	號子