艋舺

See also: 萬華

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (艋舺)		艋	舺

Etymology

Possibly from an Austronesian word bangka (“outrigger canoe”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Měngjiǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
Min Nan (POJ): Báng-kah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Měngjiǎ [Phonetic: méngjiǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meengjea
  - IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Báng-kah
  - Tâi-lô: Báng-kah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bafngkaq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/

Proper noun

艋舺

(historical, still used in Hokkien) Wanhua (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)

Synonyms

(modern) 萬華／万华 (Wànhuá)

Derived terms

一府二鹿三艋舺

Descendants

Japanese: 万 (ばん)華 (か) (Banka)
- Chinese: 萬華／万华 (Wànhuá)

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