李家坡

Chinese

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	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:

2015 March 23, “李光耀是專制社會的獨裁者嗎?”, in 凤凰网, Hong Kong Commercial Daily:

認為新加坡是專制社會，或者至少是個威權社會(authoritarian society)，也有客氣點稱為是“軟威權社會”(soft authoritarianism)的，這個觀點在東西方都很流行，是以中國網上關於新加坡有個很有趣的名字，叫“李家坡”，形象說明很多人心目中新加坡社會的基本性質。

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lǐjiāpō

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄆㄛ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐjiāpō
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄆㄛ
  - 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

(～村) a village in Miaoguan, Sishui, Jining, Shandong, China
(～村) a village in Mawei, Xingping, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
(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"