星架波

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (星架波)		星	架	波
simp. #(星架波)		星	架	波

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīngjiàbō

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ gaa³ bo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīngjiàbō
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Singjiàbo
    • Wade–Giles: Hsing¹-chia⁴-po¹
    • Yale: Syīng-jyà-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shingjiahbo
    • Palladius: Синцзябо (Sinczjabo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ gaa³ bo¹
    • Yale: sīng ga bō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ gaa³ bo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ ga³ bo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ kaː³³ pɔː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

星架波

1. (dated) Alternative name for 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō, “Singapore”).
   • 1888, James Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, Hongkong: The 'China Mail' Office, page 28:

     唐人多咯，去星架波嘅。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     tong⁴ jan⁴ do¹ lo³, heoi³ sing¹ gaa³ bo¹ ge³. [Jyutping]

     They are mostly Chinese, who are going to Singapore.