蘇古

See also: 苏古

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蘇古)		蘇	古
simp. (苏古)		苏	古
alternative forms		素故 須久／须久 Min Nan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay suku.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sūgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ gu² / su¹ gu²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su-kú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): su¹ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sūgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sugǔ
    • Wade–Giles: su¹-ku³
    • Yale: sū-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suguu
    • Palladius: сугу (sugu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹ gu² / su¹ gu²
    • Yale: sōu gú / sū gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ gu² / su¹ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ gu² / su¹ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/, /suː⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-kú
    • Tâi-lô: su-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'kuo
    • IPA (Penang): /su³³⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: su¹ gu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su kú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³³⁻²³ ku⁵²/

Noun

蘇古

1. (Singapore, Malaysia) one quarter

   • 一人一蘇古，感情即會久。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     一人一苏古，感情即会久。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 范俊福, 一人一半

     Chi̍t lâng chi̍t su-kú, kám-chêng chiah ē kú. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     If each person gets a quarter, only then will the relationship last.

Derived terms

• 三蘇古／三苏古
• 地加蘇古／地加苏古
• 蘇古鐳／苏古镭

 

Adjective

蘇古

1. (Singapore Hokkien, Teochew) silly, foolish

References

• Sin Ka Lin (2009) “《馬來西亞的三個漢語方言》中之吉隆坡廣東話閱譚 [A Review on Kuala Lumpur's Cantonese in Part of The Three Chinese Dialects in Malaysia]”, in New Era College Academic Journal‎^[1] (in Chinese), volume 6 (PDF)