浮羅山背

Chinese

		phonetic	behind the mountain; the ridge of a mountain
trad. (浮羅山背)		浮羅	山背
simp. (浮罗山背)		浮罗	山背

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pulau + 山背 (shānbèi), partial calque of Malay Balik Pulau.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúluó Shānbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄢ ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúluó Shānbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄢ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fúluó Shanbèi
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-lo² Shan¹-pei⁴
    • Yale: Fú-lwó Shān-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwuluo Shanbey
    • Palladius: Фуло Шаньбэй (Fulo Šanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

浮羅山背

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

   Synonym: (Penang Hokkien) 浮羅 / 浮罗 (Phû-lô)