拉祜

拉祜

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (拉祜)		拉	祜

Etymology

Replaced older 猓黑, which had a more offensive meaning that literally means "black monkey". The current name literally means "to drag favour or blessings from heaven".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lāhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ wu²
• Min Nan (POJ): la-hǒ͘ / la-hō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Lāhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lhahuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lahù
    • Wade–Giles: La1-hu4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai¹ wu²
    • Yale: lāai wú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ wu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai¹ wu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /läːi̯⁵⁵ wuː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-hǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: la-hǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³ hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: la-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: la'ho
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/

Proper noun

拉祜

1. the Lahu people

Compounds

拉祜族 (Lāhùzú)

拉祜語／拉祜语 (Lāhùyǔ)