宏茂橋

See also: 宏茂桥

Chinese

		spacious	luxuriant	bridge
trad. (宏茂橋)		宏	茂	橋
simp. (宏茂桥)		宏	茂	桥

Etymology

Originally 紅毛橋／红毛桥 (Hóngmáoqiáo, “Caucasian's bridge”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hóngmàoqiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴ mau⁶ kiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Âng-mô͘-kiô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hóngmàoqiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hóngmàociáo
    • Wade–Giles: Hung²-mao⁴-chʻiao²
    • Yale: Húng-màu-chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Horngmawchyau
    • Palladius: Хунмаоцяо (Xunmaocjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wang⁴ mau⁶ kiu⁴
    • Yale: wàhng mauh kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴ mau⁶ kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴ meo⁶ kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹ mɐu̯²² kʰiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Âng-mô͘-kiô
    • Tâi-lô: Âng-môo-kiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angmo'kiooi
    • IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ mɔ²⁴⁻²¹ kio²⁴/

Proper noun

宏茂橋

1. Ang Mo Kio (an area in Singapore)

Usage notes

Cantonese speakers from Singapore often continue to use 紅毛橋／红毛桥 (hung4 mou4 kiu4), since 紅／红 (hung4) and 宏 (wang4) are not homophones in Cantonese.

The same is true in Hokkien. In vernacular Mandarin, it is also common to write the original characters 紅毛橋／红毛桥 (Hóngmáoqiáo), whereas 宏茂橋／宏茂桥 (Hóngmàoqiáo) is more often found in official transcriptions, or when it is preferred to apply the more grand and auspicious meaning of those characters (such as in the names of local businesses).