新加坡
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Chinese[edit]
phonetic | ||||
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trad. (新加坡) | 新 | 加 | 坡 | |
simp. #(新加坡) | 新 | 加 | 坡 |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
Shanghainese sense from 莘嘉浦 via phono-semantic matching.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
新加坡
- Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony; official name: 新加坡共和國/新加坡共和国 (Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó))
- 新加坡在1969年廢除了陪審團制度,因此所有刑事案件的被告人均由法官審判。 [MSC, trad.]
- Xīnjiāpō zài 1969 nián fèichú le péishěntuán zhìdù, yīncǐ suǒyǒu xíngshì ànjiàn de bèigàorén jūn yóu fǎguān shěnpàn. [Pinyin]
- Singapore abolished its jury system in 1969, so all criminal defendants are tried before judges.
新加坡在1969年废除了陪审团制度,因此所有刑事案件的被告人均由法官审判。 [MSC, simp.]
- (Shanghainese, slang) Xinzhuang, Jiading and Pudong collectively; three areas in Shanghai surrounding Puxi
Synonyms[edit]
- 新國/新国 (Xīnguó), 坡國/坡国 (Pōguó)
- (dated) 新嘉坡 (Xīnjiāpō), 新嘉波 (Xīnjiābō), 星架坡 (Xīngjiàpō), 星架波 (Xīngjiàbō)
- (regional, dated) 實叻/实叻, 實叻坡/实叻坡, 石叻 (Shílè), 息力, 石叻埠, 實叻埠/实叻埠, 叻埠 (Lèfù)
Dialectal synonyms of 新加坡 (“Singapore”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 新加坡 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 新加坡 |
Malaysia | 新加坡, 新國 | |
Singapore | 新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 小紅點 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 星加坡, 叻埠 |
Hong Kong | 新加坡, 星加坡, 星國, 星洲 nickname, 叻埠 dated | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 星加坡 | |
Penang (Guangfu) | 星加坡 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 星加坡 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 新加坡, 石叻 dated |
Quanzhou | 新加坡 | |
Zhangzhou | 新加坡 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 新加坡 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 新加坡, 獅城, 石叻 dated | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 新加坡 | |
Jieyang | 石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 新加坡 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 新加坡 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 新加坡 |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Duffus, William (1883) “Singapore”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 245
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | ||
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新 | 加 | 坡 |
Proper noun[edit]
新加坡
- chữ Hán form of Tân Gia Ba.: Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)
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