新加坡

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (新加坡) 新 加 坡
simp. #(新加坡) 新 加 坡

Etymology

Borrowed from English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ पुर (pura, “city”).

Shanghainese sense from 莘嘉浦 via phono-semantic matching.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

新加坡

  1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony; official name: 新加坡共和國/新加坡共和国 (Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó))
    新加坡在1969年廢除了陪審團制度,因此所有刑事案件的被告人均由法官審判。 [MSC, trad.]
    新加坡在1969年废除了陪审团制度,因此所有刑事案件的被告人均由法官审判。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xīnjiāpō zài 1969 nián fèichú le péishěntuán zhìdù, yīncǐ suǒyǒu xíngshì ànjiàn de bèigàorén jūn yóu fǎguān shěnpàn. [Pinyin]
    Singapore abolished its jury system in 1969, so all criminal defendants are tried before judges.
  2. (Shanghainese, slang) Xinzhuang, Jiading and Pudong collectively; three areas in Shanghai surrounding Puxi

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References

  • Duffus, William (1883) “Singapore”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 245

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
新加坡

Proper noun

新加坡

  1. chữ Hán form of Tân Gia Ba.: Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)
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