石叻

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (石叻)		石	叻

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay selat (“strait”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shílè

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ lek¹, sek⁶ lik¹, sek⁶ nit¹, sek⁶ lak⁶
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Sit-la̍t / Si̍t-la̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): sig⁸ lag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Shílè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrleh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ lek¹, sek⁶ lik¹, sek⁶ nit¹, sek⁶ lak⁶
  - Yale: sehk lēk, sehk līk, sehk nīt, sehk lahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ lek⁷, sek⁹ lik⁷, sek⁹ nit⁷, sek⁹ lak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ lég¹, ség⁶ lig¹, ség⁶ nid¹, ség⁶ leg⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² lɛːk̚⁵/, /sɛːk̚² lɪk̚⁵/, /sɛːk̚² niːt̚⁵/, /sɛːk̚² lɐk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sit-la̍t / Si̍t-la̍t
  - Tâi-lô: Sit-la̍t / Si̍t-la̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitlat, sidlat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ lat̚⁴/, /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ lat̚²⁴/, /ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² lat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ lat̚¹²¹/, /ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ lat̚⁴/, /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ lat̚⁴/, /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² lat̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sig⁸ lag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍k la̍k
  - IPA ^(key): /sik̚⁴⁻² lak̚⁴/

Proper noun

石叻

(regional, dated) Singapore

Synonyms

新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō)

References

Duffus, William, “Singapore” (p. 245) in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, English Presbyterian Mission Press, 1883.

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