李家坡

Chinese

		surname; plum	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	slope
trad. (李家坡)		李	家	坡
simp. #(李家坡)		李	家	坡
Literally: “Lee Heights or Leegapore”.

Etymology

Blend of 李 (lǐ, “Lee”) +‎ 新加坡 (“Singapore”), replacing the first character of 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō) with the surname 李 (lǐ), to reflect the political inheritance of Lee dynasty over the country.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǐjiāpō

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐjiāpō
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lǐjiapo
    • Wade–Giles: Li³-chia¹-pʻo¹
    • Yale: Lǐ-jyā-pwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liijiapo
    • Palladius: Лицзяпо (Liczjapo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

李家坡

1. (slang, neologism, sarcastic) derogatory name for Singapore: a city and country in Southeast Asia

   • 新加坡大選，反對黨崛起，開始告別李家坡 [MSC, trad.]
     新加坡大选，反对党崛起，开始告别李家坡 [MSC, simp.]

     From: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/159151987

     Xīnjiāpō dàxuǎn, fǎnduìdǎng juéqǐ, kāishǐ gàobié Lǐjiāpō [Pinyin]

     [After] Singapore's elections, the opposition parties rise, bidding farewell to "Leegapore"