坡縣

Chinese

		slope	a district; county
trad. (坡縣)		坡	縣
simp. (坡县)		坡	县

Etymology

From Singapore's small area, which is comparable with a typical Chinese county or even a large county seat. Compare Little Red Dot in English that arouse from Singapore's geography.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pōxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pōxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Posiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻo¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: Pwō-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Poshiann
    • Palladius: Посянь (Posjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ jyun⁶
    • Yale: bō yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ jyːn²²/

Proper noun

坡縣

1. (Mainland China, informal, derogatory) Singapore
   • 2023 October 7, Lianhe Zaobao, “坡县”可以休矣！ ("Singapore County"? Just Stop It!)‎^[1]:

     我想，說「坡縣」的人不妨換位思考一下，要是老外用調侃的方式來稱呼中國或中國人，感受會怎麼樣呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     我想，说「坡县」的人不妨换位思考一下，要是老外用调侃的方式来称呼中国或中国人，感受会怎么样呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ xiǎng, shuō “pōxiàn” de rén bùfáng huànwèisīkǎo yīxià, yào shì lǎowài yòng diàokǎn de fāngshì lái chēnghū zhōngguó huò zhōngguórén, gǎnshòu huì zěnme yàng ne? [Pinyin]

     In my opinion, those who refer Singapore as "Singapore County" should consider what would be their feeling if foreigners referred to China or Chinese in a humorous way?

Synonyms

• 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō)