薄扶林
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Chinese
thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint |
to support with hand; to help someone up; to help | woods; forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (薄扶林) | 薄 | 扶 | 林 | |
| simp. #(薄扶林) | 薄 | 扶 | 林 | |
Etymology
Written as 薄鳧林 in the Annals of Xin'an County (新安縣志) .
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Bófúlín
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Bófúlín
- Wade–Giles: Po2-fu2-lin2
- Yale: Bwó-fú-lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borfwulin
- Palladius: Бофулинь (Bofulinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ fu³⁵ lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bok6-3 fu4-6 lam4
- Yale: bok fuh làhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: bok9-8 fu4-6 lam4
- Guangdong Romanization: bog6-3 fu4-6 lem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔːk̚²⁻³ fuː²¹⁻²² lɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
薄扶林
- Pok Fu Lam (an area of Hong Kong)