福佬

福佬

Chinese

		Fujian	man; guy
simp. and trad. (福佬)		福	佬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ lou²
• Min Nan (POJ): ho̍h-ló

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fúlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwulao
    • IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ lou²
    • Yale: fūk lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ lou²
    • IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ lou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍h-ló
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍h-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoiqloir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁴¹/

Noun

福佬

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Hoklo (a Chinese topolect)
2. Han Chinese people who speak Hoklo.

Usage notes

• There are several way to write the word in Chinese; 河洛 (héluò) is prescribed by the Taiwanese government. Ho̍h-ló is the common Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanised spelling to the language and Hoklo culture.

Synonyms

• 河洛 (héluò)
• 鶴佬／鹤佬

Derived terms

福佬人

福佬話／福佬话 (Fúlǎohuà)