艋舺
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (艋舺) | 艋 | 舺 | |
| simp. #(艋舺) | 艋 | 舺 | |
| alternative forms | 蟒甲 蚊甲 莽葛 文甲 文舺 | ||
Etymology
Possibly from an Austronesian word from one of the northern Formosan languages as bangka (“outrigger canoe”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Měngjiǎ
- Wade–Giles: Mêng3-chia3
- Yale: Měng-jyǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meengjea
- Palladius: Мэнцзя (Mɛnczja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Měngsiá
- Wade–Giles: Mêng3-hsia2
- Yale: Měng-syá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meengshya
- Palladius: Мэнся (Mɛnsja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Báng-kah
- Tâi-lô: Báng-kah
- Phofsit Daibuun: bafngkaq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
艋舺
- (historical, still used in Hokkien) Bangka (alternatively Monka, Manka, Bang-kah), a formerly independent city that has now been amalgamated into Taipei; modern Wanhua (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
- 艋舺公園／艋舺公园 [Taiwanese Mandarin] ― Měngjiǎ Gōngyuán ― Bangka Park