檳榔嶼

Chinese

		betel palm; betel nut; areca nut	islet
trad. (檳榔嶼)		檳榔	嶼
simp. (槟榔屿)		槟榔	屿
alternative forms		檳榔士／槟榔士

Etymology

Attested in the Mao Kun map in volume 240 of 武備志 [1621].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bīngláng Yǔ, Bīnláng Yǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄤˊ ㄩˇ, ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄤˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ long⁴ zeoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pin-nâng-sū / Pin-nn̂g-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bīngláng Yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄤˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingláng Yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-lang² Yü³
    • Yale: bīng-láng Yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binglang Yeu
    • Palladius: бинлан Юй (binlan Juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bīnláng Yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄤˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: binláng Yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹-lang² Yü³
    • Yale: bīn-láng Yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binlang Yeu
    • Palladius: биньлан Юй (binʹlan Juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ long⁴ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: bān lòhng jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ long⁴ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ long⁴ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pin-nâng-sū
    • Tâi-lô: Pin-nâng-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinnangsu
    • IPA (Penang): /pin³³⁻²¹ naŋ²³⁻²¹ su²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pin-nn̂g-sū
    • Tâi-lô: Pin-nn̂g-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinnngsu
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ nŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ nŋ̍²³⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Penang): /pin³³⁻²¹ nŋ̍²³⁻²¹ su²¹/

Proper noun

檳榔嶼

1. Penang (an island in Penang, Malaysia)
   • c. 1840, Karl Gützlaff, 貿易通志; quoted in 魏源 [Wei Yuan], 海國圖志 [Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms], volume 6, 1849, page 16:

     此外麻剌甲、檳榔嶼等處，亦英吉利公司所據，而貿易有限，不及新嘉坡三分之一。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     此外麻剌甲、槟榔屿等处，亦英吉利公司所据，而贸易有限，不及新嘉坡三分之一。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Cǐwài Málàjiǎ, Bīnlángyǔ děng chù, yì Yīngjílì gōngsī suǒ jù, ér màoyì yǒuxiàn, bùjí Xīnjiāpō sān fēn zhī yī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Binlang Islet (an islet in Lieyu, Kinmen County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (Penang): 檳島／槟岛 (Bīndǎo)

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “nn̂g”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 338; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 338