阿窿

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	cavity; hole
simp. and trad. (阿窿)		阿	窿

Etymology

From 阿 + shortened form of Cantonese 大耳窿.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ lung¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): a-long

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ long¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ lung¹
  - Yale: a lūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ lung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ lung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /äː³³ lʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-long
  - Tâi-lô: a-long
  - Phofsit Daibuun: alofng
  - IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ long¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a long
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ loŋ³³/

Noun

阿窿

(Singapore) loan shark

Synonyms

高利貸／高利贷 (gāolìdài)

Descendants

→ English: Ah Long

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