新加坡
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Chinese[edit]
phonetic | ||||
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trad. (新加坡) | 新 | 加 | 坡 | |
simp. #(新加坡) | 新 | 加 | 坡 |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
新加坡
- Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia); (~共和國) Republic of Singapore
Synonyms[edit]
- 新國/新国 (Xīnguó)
- (dated) 新嘉坡 (Xīnjiāpō), 新嘉波 (Xīnjiābō), 星架坡 (Xīngjiàpō)
- (regional, dated) 實叻/实叻, 實叻坡/实叻坡
Dialectal synonyms of 新加坡 (“Singapore”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 新加坡 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 新加坡 |
Malaysia | 新加坡, 新國 | |
Singapore | 新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 星加坡 |
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 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 新加坡, 石叻 dated |
Quanzhou | 新加坡 | |
Zhangzhou | 新加坡 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 新加坡 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 新加坡, 獅城, 石叻 dated | |
Jieyang | 石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 新加坡 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 新加坡 |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Duffus, William (1883), “Singapore”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 245
Vietnamese[edit]
Hán tự in this term | ||
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新 | 加 | 坡 |
Proper noun[edit]
新加坡
- chữ Hán form of Tân Gia Ba (“Singapore”).
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