阿窿

阿窿

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	cavity; hole
simp. and trad. (阿窿)		阿	窿

Etymology

From 阿 + shortened form of Cantonese 大耳窿.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ lung¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): a-long

  (Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ long¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ lung¹
    • Yale: a lūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ lung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ lung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /äː³³ lʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-long
    • Tâi-lô: a-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: alofng
    • IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: a¹ long¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a long
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ loŋ³³/

Noun

阿窿

1. (Singapore) loan shark

Synonyms

• 高利貸／高利贷 (gāolìdài)

Descendants

• → English: Ah Long