日本仔橋

Chinese

		Japanese person; Jap	bridge
trad. (日本仔橋)		日本仔	橋
simp. (日本仔桥)		日本仔	桥

Etymology

From a misguided assumption by Chinese immigrants that Kosciuszko is a Japanese name.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² zai² kiu⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² zai² kiu⁴
    • Yale: yaht bún jái kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² dzai² kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² zei² kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ kʰiːu̯²¹/

Proper noun

日本仔橋

1. (Cantonese) Kosciuszko Bridge (a bridge in New York City, New York, United States)

References

• Aaron Reiss (actor) (2017 August 4), “622: Who You Gonna Call?”, in This American Life‎^[1]:

  There are some puzzlers, like the Kosciuszko Bridge, named after Thaddeus Kosciuszko. Everyone calls it the 日本仔橋／日本仔桥 (jat6 bun2 zai2 kiu4), which literally means "the Japanese Guy Bridge." I asked some older ladies in Chinatown why. / "Because it has so many consonants and vowels, that it looks like a Japanese name."