雅柏文

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (雅柏文)		雅	柏	文
simp. #(雅柏文)		雅	柏	文

Etymology

Borrowed from English apartment.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ paak³ man⁴ / aa⁶ paat¹ man⁴ / aa⁶ paat¹ man^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ paak³ man⁴ / aa⁶ paat¹ man⁴ / aa⁶ paat¹ man^4-2
    • Yale: ngáh paak màhn / ah pāat màhn / ah pāat mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ paak⁸ man⁴ / aa⁶ paat⁷ man⁴ / aa⁶ paat⁷ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ pag³ men⁴ / a⁶ pad¹ men⁴ / a⁶ pad¹ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ pʰaːk̚³ mɐn²¹/, /aː²² pʰaːt̚⁵ mɐn²¹/, /aː²² pʰaːt̚⁵ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Note: aa6 paat1 man4(-2) - imitating English.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 雅柏文

1. (Cantonese, chiefly Australia) apartment

Usage notes

While aa⁶ paat¹ man^4(-2) is common in Cantonese communities around the world, this particular orthography is limited to Australia.

Synonyms

• 柏文
• 公寓 (gōngyù)