福佬

Chinese

		Fujian	man; guy
trad. (福佬)		福	佬
simp. #(福佬)		福	佬

Etymology

See 河洛 (Héluò).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ lou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ho̍h-ló / Hô-ló

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-lao³
    • Yale: fú-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwulao
    • Palladius: фулао (fulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ lou²
    • Yale: fūk lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ lou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho̍h-ló
    • Tâi-lô: Ho̍h-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoiqloir
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-ló
    • Tâi-lô: Hô-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoiloir
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/

Noun

福佬

1. Han Chinese people who speak Hokkien.

Usage notes

• There are several way to write the word in Chinese; The word 河洛 (Héluò) originates from some people in Taiwan. Ho̍h-ló is the common Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanised spelling to the language and Hoklo culture.

Synonyms

• 河洛 (Héluò)
• 鶴佬／鹤佬
• 學老／学老 (Ho̍k-ló) (Hakka)

Derived terms

• 福佬人 (fúlǎorén)
• 福佬話／福佬话 (Fúlǎohuà)