坡縣

Chinese

		slope	a district; county
trad. (坡縣)		坡	縣
simp. (坡县)		坡	县

Etymology

From Singapore's small area, which is comparable with a typical Chinese county or even a large county seat. Compare Little Red Dot in English that arouse from Singapore's geography.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pōxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pōxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Posiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻo¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: Pwō-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Poshiann
    • Palladius: Посянь (Posjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ jyun⁶
    • Yale: bō yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ jyːn²²/

Proper noun

坡縣

1. (Mainland China, informal, derogatory) Singapore

Synonyms

• 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō)