蘇古

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See also: 苏古

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蘇古)		蘇	古
simp. (苏古)		苏	古
alternative forms		素故須久／须久 Min Nan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay suku.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sūgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ gu² / su¹ gu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): su-kú

(Teochew, Peng'im): su¹ gu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sūgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sugǔ
  - Wade–Giles: su¹-ku³
  - Yale: sū-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suguu
  - Palladius: сугу (sugu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou¹ gu² / su¹ gu²
  - Yale: sōu gú / sū gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ gu² / su¹ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ gu² / su¹ gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/, /suː⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-kú
  - Tâi-lô: su-kú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'kuo
  - IPA (Penang): /su³³⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Singapore): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: su¹ gu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su kú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³³⁻²³ ku⁵²/

Noun

蘇古

(Singapore, Malaysia) one quarter
- 一人一蘇古，感情即會久。
  一人一苏古，感情即会久。
  From: 范俊福, 一人一半
  Chi̍t lâng chi̍t su-kú, kám-chêng chiah ē kú.
  If each person gets a quarter, only then will the relationship last.

Derived terms

Adjective

蘇古

(Singapore Hokkien, Teochew) silly, foolish

References

Sin Ka Lin (2009) “《馬來西亞的三個漢語方言》中之吉隆坡廣東話閱譚 ”, in New Era College Academic Journal‎ (in Chinese), volume 6 (PDF)

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