安哥

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (安哥)		安	哥
simp. #(安哥)		安	哥
alternative forms		安歌

Borrowed from English encore.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āngē

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ go¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āngē
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ange
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-ko¹
    • Yale: ān-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ange
    • Palladius: аньгэ (anʹgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ go¹
    • Yale: ōn gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

安哥

1. (chiefly Cantonese) Alternative term for 安可 (ānkě, “encore”).

Etymology 2

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	elder brother
trad. (安哥)		安	哥
simp. #(安哥)		安	哥

Partial phono-semantic matching of English uncle.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āngē

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄍㄜ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ang-ker

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āngē
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ange
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-ko¹
    • Yale: ān-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ange
    • Palladius: аньгэ (anʹgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ang-ker
    • Tâi-lô: ang-ker
    • IPA (Singapore): /aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kə⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /aŋ³³⁻²¹ kə³³/

Noun

安哥

1. (Singapore, Malaysia) uncle (term of address for an older man)
   • (Can we date this quote?), 王沙, 野峰, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     來，安哥，你看到我旁邊是什麼東西？ [MSC, trad.]
     来，安哥，你看到我旁边是什么东西？ [MSC, simp.]

     Lái, āngē, nǐ kàndào wǒ pángbiān shì shénme dōngxī? [Pinyin]

     Uncle, can you see what is next to me?

Synonyms

• 叔叔 (shūshu)

Coordinate terms

• 安娣 (āndī, “auntie”)