新加坡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (新加坡)		新	加	坡
simp. #(新加坡)		新	加	坡

Etymology

Borrowed from English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ पुर (pura, “city”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīnjiāpō

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ gaa^1-3 bo¹, san¹ gaa^1-3 po¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Sîn-kâ-phô / Sîn-kâ-po

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xin¹ ga¹ po¹

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sin-ka-pho / Sin-kee-pho / Sin-ka-po

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing¹ gia¹ bo¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): xin ka phu (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinjiapo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjiapo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ pʰwɔ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ gaa^1-3 bo¹, san¹ gaa^1-3 po¹
    • Yale: sān ga bō, sān ga pō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gaa^1-3 bo¹, san¹ gaa^1-3 po¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ ga³ bo¹, sen¹ ga³ po¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ käː⁵⁵⁻³³ pɔː⁵⁵/, /sɐn⁵⁵ käː⁵⁵⁻³³ pʰɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sîn-kâ-phô / Sîn-kâ-po
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin´ ga´ po´ / xin´ ga´ bo
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ ga¹ po¹ / xin¹ ga¹ bo⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰo²⁴/, /ɕin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ po⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xin¹ ga¹ po¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕin⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴ pʰo⁴⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-ka-pho
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-ka-pho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinkaphoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɕin³³ ka³³ pʰo³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-kee-pho
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-kee-pho
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-ka-po
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-ka-po
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinka'poy
    • IPA (Penang): /ɕin³³⁻²¹ ka³³⁻²¹ po³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing¹ gia¹ bo¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sing kia po
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³⁻²³ kia³³⁻²³ po³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xin ka phu (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɪɲ⁵⁵ ka̱³³ pʰv̩ʷ²¹/

Proper noun

新加坡

1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia); (～共和國) Republic of Singapore

Synonyms

• 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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		新加坡
Mandarin	Taiwan	新加坡
	Malaysia	新加坡
	Singapore	新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated
Cantonese	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, 石叻 dated
	Jieyang	石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated
	Singapore (Teochew)	新加坡
	Singapore (Hainanese)	新加坡

Derived terms

• 新加坡元 (Xīnjiāpōyuán)

• 新加坡共和國／新加坡共和国 (Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó)

References

• Duffus, William (1883) , “Singapore”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 245

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
新	加	坡

Proper noun

新加坡

1. Hán tự form of Tân Gia Ba (“Singapore”).