浮羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (浮羅)		浮	羅
simp. (浮罗)		浮	罗
anagram		羅浮／罗浮

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pulau (“island”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Phû-lô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fúluó
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-lo²
    • Yale: Fú-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwuluo
    • Palladius: Фуло (Fulo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phû-lô
    • Tâi-lô: Phû-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phulooi
    • IPA (Penang): /pʰu²³⁻²¹ lo²³/

Proper noun

浮羅

1. Used in place names.

   浮羅交怡／浮罗交怡  ―  Fúluójiāoyí  ―  Langkawi (an island in Malaysia)

2. (Penang Hokkien) Balik Pulau (the capital of Southwest district, Penang, Malaysia)

   Synonym: 浮羅山背 / 浮罗山背 (Fúluó Shānbèi)