臺甫

Chinese

		(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station	honorific for men; just; just now
trad. (臺甫/台甫)		臺/台	甫
simp. (台甫)		台	甫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táifǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táifǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táifǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai²-fu³
    • Yale: tái-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairfuu
    • Palladius: тайфу (tajfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi⁴ fu²
    • Yale: tòih fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ fuː³⁵/

Noun

臺甫

1. (dated, polite) your courtesy name (used to ask for the name of the person to whom one is speaking)

   • 三公子道：「先生貴姓，臺甫？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     三公子道：「先生贵姓，台甫？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Sān gōngzǐ dào: “Xiānshēng guìxìng, táifǔ?” [Pinyin]

     The third son asked: "Sir, what are your surname and courtesy name?"