探戈

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (探戈)		探	戈

Etymology

Borrowed from English or Spanish tango. For Taiwanese Min Nan and Hakka, via Japanese タンゴ (tango).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàngē

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ gwo¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thán-kò
Min Nan (POJ): thàn-gò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàngē
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄍㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannge
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠n⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ gwo¹
  - Yale: taam gwō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ gwo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ guo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ kʷɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thán-kò
  - Hakka Romanization System: tan` goˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tan³ go²
  - IPA: /tʰan³¹ ko¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-gò͘
  - Tâi-lô: thàn-gòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarn'gox
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ gɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ gɔ²¹/

Noun

探戈

(～舞) tango
今夜的探戈　酸酸甜甜又苦苦 [Taiwanese, trad. and simp.]
From: 葉啟田 (lyrics 俞隆華), 最後的探戈
kim-iā ê thàn-gò͘; sng-sng-tiⁿ-tiⁿ iū khó͘-khó͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Tonight's tango, sour, sweet, and bitter

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