白鴿英文

Chinese

		white pigeon	English language
trad. (白鴿英文)		白鴿	英文
simp. (白鸽英文)		白鸽	英文

Etymology

白鴿／白鸽 is calque of English pigeon, which is misinterpretation of English pidgin.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gaap³ jing¹ man^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ gaap³ jing¹ man^4-2
    • Yale: baahk gaap yīng mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gaap⁸ jing¹ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gab³ ying¹ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kaːp̚³ jɪŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

白鴿英文

1. (Cantonese) Chinese Pidgin English, transcribed with Chinese characters, especially those written in fortune telling books (通勝／通胜)

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 白鴿英語／白鸽英语
• (Mandarin, Wu) 洋涇浜英語／洋泾浜英语 (Yángjīngbāng Yīngyǔ)