石叻

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (石叻)		石	叻
alternative forms		實叻／实叻

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay selat (“strait”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shílè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ lek¹ / sek⁶ lik¹ / sek⁶ nit¹ / sek⁶ lak⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sit-la̍t / Si̍t-la̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sig⁸ lag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shílè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhlè
    • Wade–Giles: Shih²-lê⁴
    • Yale: Shŕ-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrleh
    • Palladius: Шилэ (Šilɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ lek¹ / sek⁶ lik¹ / sek⁶ nit¹ / sek⁶ lak⁶
    • Yale: sehk lēk / sehk līk / sehk nīt / sehk lahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ lek⁷ / sek⁹ lik⁷ / sek⁹ nit⁷ / sek⁹ lak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ lég¹ / ség⁶ lig¹ / ség⁶ nid¹ / ség⁶ leg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² lɛːk̚⁵/, /sɛːk̚² lɪk̚⁵/, /sɛːk̚² niːt̚⁵/, /sɛːk̚² lɐk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sit-la̍t / Si̍t-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: Sit-la̍t / Si̍t-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitlat, sidlat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ lat̚⁴/, /sit̚⁴⁻³² lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ lat̚²⁴/, /sit̚²⁴⁻² lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ lat̚¹²¹/, /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ lat̚⁴/, /sit̚⁴⁻³² lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ lat̚⁴/, /sit̚⁴⁻³² lat̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sig⁸ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍k la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sik̚⁴⁻² lak̚⁴/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 石叻

1. (regional, dated) Singapore

Synonyms

• 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō)

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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