拉祜
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (拉祜) |
拉 | 祜 | |
| Literally: “to drag favour from heaven”. | |||
Etymology
Replaced older 猓黑, which had a more offensive meaning that literally means "black monkey".
The current name literally means "to drag favour or blessings from heaven", and corresponds more closely to Phono-semantic matching of Lahu Laˇhuˍ, the people's native name.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄏㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Lahù
- Wade–Giles: La1-hu4
- Yale: Lā-hù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lhahuh
- Palladius: Лаху (Laxu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lä⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: laai1 wu2
- Yale: lāai wú
- Cantonese Pinyin: laai1 wu2
- Guangdong Romanization: lai1 wu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ wuː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Proper noun
拉祜
- the Lahu people