坡縣
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Chinese
[edit]slope | a district; county | ||
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trad. (坡縣) | 坡 | 縣 | |
simp. (坡县) | 坡 | 县 |
Etymology
[edit]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
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Posiàn
- Wade–Giles: Pʻo1-hsien4
- Yale: Pwō-syàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Poshiann
- Palladius: Посянь (Posjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
[edit]坡縣
Synonyms
[edit]- 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō)