a-phá-tò
Min Nan
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese アパート (apāto, “apartment building, apartment house”), from English apartment.
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-phá-tò
- Tâi-lô: a-phá-tò
- Phofsit Daibuun: aphafdoix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to¹¹/
Noun
a-phá-tò (POJ)
- (Taiwan) apartment building, apartment house
Synonyms
- 公寓 (kong-gū, kong-gī, kong-ú)