烏來

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Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (烏來)		烏	來
simp. (乌来)		乌	来

Etymology

From Atayal ulay (“hot spring”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wūlái

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ loi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Vû-lòi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): U-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wūlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wulái
  - Wade–Giles: Wu¹-lai²
  - Yale: Wū-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ulai
  - Palladius: Улай (Ulaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ loi⁴
  - Yale: wū lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vû-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˊ loi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu¹ loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /vu²⁴ loi̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: U-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: U-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ulaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u³³ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /u⁴⁴⁻²² lai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /u⁴⁴⁻³³ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴⁴⁻³³ lai²³/

Proper noun

烏來

(～區) Wulai (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

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