奎笼

Chinese

		name of constellation; stride
simp. and trad. (奎笼)		奎	笼

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kelong.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuílóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khe-long / ke-long

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuílóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuéilóng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei²-lung²
    • Yale: kwéi-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kweilong
    • Palladius: куйлун (kujlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe-long
    • Tâi-lô: khe-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qelofng
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰe⁴⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-long
    • Tâi-lô: ke-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kelofng
    • IPA (Singapore): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

奎笼

1. kelong (an offshore platform built predominantly with wood, which can be found in waters off Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore, by and for fishermen primarily for fishing or fish farming purposes)
2. (Singapore Hokkien) match fixing

Verb

奎笼

1. (Singapore Hokkien) to be unfair; to cheat; to achieve an objective by inappropriate means