hoe-lêng-ki
Min Nan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 飛行機 (hikōki, “airplane”).
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-lêng-ki
- Tâi-lô: hue-lîng-ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoelengky
- IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
Noun
- (Taiwan) airplane
Synonyms
References
- “Entry #5609”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.