俱樂部

See also: 俱乐部 and 倶楽部

Chinese

	a social club; entirely; without exception	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
trad. (俱樂部)	俱	樂	部
simp. (俱乐部)	俱	乐	部
Literally: “all-happy place”.

FWOTD – 1 October 2014

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 倶 (ク)楽 (ラ)部 (ブ) (kurabu, “club”), which is a phono-semantic matching of English club.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jùlèbù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹ lok⁶ bou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khî-lo̍k-phu
Min Nan (POJ): kū-lo̍k-pǒ͘ / khū-lo̍k-pō͘ / kū-lo̍k-pō͘ / kī-lo̍k-pō͘
Wu (Wiktionary): jjy loq bu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jùlèbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwlehbuh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: jùlèbùr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwlehbull
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ puɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: keoi¹ lok⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: kēui lohk bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹ lok⁹ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹ log⁶ bou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² pou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî-lo̍k-phu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki´ log pu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹ log⁶ pu⁴
  - IPA: /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lok̚⁵ pʰu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lo̍k-pǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lo̍k-pǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻²² pɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khū-lo̍k-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: khū-lo̍k-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quxlogpo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu³³⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰu³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lo̍k-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lo̍k-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlogpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku³³⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lo̍k-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kī-lo̍k-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixlogpo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: jjy loq bu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑy²² lʊʔ⁵⁵ b̻v̩ʷ²¹/

Noun

俱樂部

club; group; organisation
- 中國俱樂部於2003年2月由幾位熱情的中澳學生共同創建。 [MSC, trad.]
  中国俱乐部于2003年2月由几位热情的中澳学生共同创建。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Catherine Price, About us - UCU China Club, University of Canberra, 2008
  Zhōngguó jùlèbù yú 2003 nián 2 yuè yóu jǐ wèi rèqíng de Zhōng Ào xuéshēng gòngtóng chuàngjiàn. [Pinyin]
  China Club was founded in February 2003 by several enthusiastic Chinese-Australian students.

Derived terms

性俱樂部／性俱乐部 (xìng jùlèbù)