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烏魯木齊
烏魯木齊
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uluumuhchyi
- IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wu1 lou5 muk6 cai4
- Yale: wū lóuh muhk chàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu1 lou5 muk9 tsai4
- IPA (key): /wuː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ mʊk̚² t͡sʰɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chê
- Tâi-lô: Oo-lóo-bo̍k-tsê
- Phofsit Daibuun: olofbogzee
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ t͡se²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡se²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡se¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Proper noun
烏魯木齊
Etymology 2
phonetic trad. (烏魯木齊) 烏 魯 木 齊 simp. (乌鲁木齐) 乌 鲁 木 齐 alt. forms 烏漉木製／乌漉木制
烏櫓莫濟／乌橹莫济
烏鹵沐齊／乌卤沐齐
烏鹵沐債／乌卤沐债
烏魯沐債／乌鲁沐债
烏漉沐漬／乌漉沐渍
Unclear. Here are a few possibilities:
- 烏魯木齊: Since the Min Nan area and Ürümqi are very far apart, if someone claims to be from or went to Ürümqi, they are speaking nonsense.
- 烏漉木製: There is a type of wood called 烏漉木, which is of very bad quality. If furniture is made from it, it is made carelessly.
- 烏櫓莫濟: From 烏 (“to not have”) + 櫓 (“scull”) + 莫 (“do not”) + 濟 (“to cross a river”), literally "to not have a scull to cross a river", used figuratively to mean "to not have the main thing to do the job; to be careless".
Pronunciation
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chè
- Tâi-lô: oo-lóo-bo̍k-tsè
- Phofsit Daibuun: olofbogzex
- IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chê
- Tâi-lô: oo-lóo-bo̍k-tsê
- Phofsit Daibuun: olofbogzee
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ t͡se²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡se²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡se¹³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡se²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ló͘-bo̍k-chôe
- Tâi-lô: oo-lóo-bo̍k-tsuê
- Phofsit Daibuun: olofbogzoee
- IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sue²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
Idiom
烏魯木齊
References
- “Entry #6338”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
- 大郎頭 (Da Lang) (29 July 2013), “【台語原來是這樣】 烏魯木齊”, in 自由時報 (Liberty Times Net)
- 黃恬昕 (25 June 2012), “「烏櫓莫濟」比下北京話”, in 自由時報 (Liberty Times Net)