探戈

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (探戈)		探	戈
simp. #(探戈)		探	戈

Etymology

Borrowed from English or Spanish tango. For Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, via Japanese タンゴ (tango).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàngē, tāngou

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄍㄜ, ㄊㄢ ˙ㄍㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ gwo¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thán-kò
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàn-gò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàngē
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànge
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-ko¹
    • Yale: tàn-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannge
    • Palladius: таньгэ (tanʹgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāngou
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ˙ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tango̊u
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-kou⁵
    • Yale: tān-gou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tan.gou
    • Palladius: таньгоу (tanʹgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ g̊oʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ gwo¹
    • Yale: taam gwō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ gwo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ guo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ kʷɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thán-kò
    • Hakka Romanization System: tan^ˋ go^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tan³ go²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰan³¹ ko¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-gò͘
    • Tâi-lô: thàn-gòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarn'gox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡɔ¹¹/

Noun

探戈

1. (～舞) tango
   • 1988, “最後的探戈”, 俞隆華 (lyrics), 范佩嵐 (music)‎^[1]performed by 葉啟田:

     今夜的探戈　酸酸甜甜又苦苦 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     kim-iā ê thàn-gò͘, sng-sng-tiⁿ-tiⁿ iū khó͘-khó͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Tonight's tango, sour, sweet, and bitter