令吉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (令吉)		令	吉
simp. #(令吉)		令	吉

Etymology

From Malay ringgit. Issued by the Chinese Language Standardisation Council of Malaysia in 2004.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ gat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ríng-git

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngjí
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-chi²
    • Yale: lìng-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqjyi
    • Palladius: линцзи (linczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ gat¹
    • Yale: lihng gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² kɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ríng-git
    • Tâi-lô: ríng-git
    • IPA (Penang): /ɹiŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ɡit̚³/

Noun

令吉

1. (chiefly Malaysia and Singapore, sometimes also Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) ringgit [2004]

Synonyms

• 林吉特 (línjítè) (chiefly outside Malaysia and Singapore)

Dialectal synonyms of 馬來西亞令吉 (“Malaysian ringgit”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		馬來西亞令吉
Northeastern Mandarin	Malaysia	馬幣, 馬來西亞令吉, 令吉, 馬來西亞零吉 dated, 零吉 dated
	Singapore	馬幣
Cantonese	Hong Kong	馬幣, 馬紙