阿猴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿猴)		阿	猴
simp. #(阿猴)		阿	猴

Etymology

From Paiwan and Rukai Akaw.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Āhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄏㄡˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-kâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Āhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ahóu
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-hou²
    • Yale: Ā-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ahour
    • Palladius: Ахоу (Axou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-kâu
    • Tâi-lô: A-kâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'kaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²³/

Proper noun

阿猴

1. (historical) Akauw (a former village and subprefecture in Taiwan.)

Synonyms

• (historical) 阿緱／阿缑 (Āgōu)
• (modern) 屏東／屏东 (Píngdōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	猴
あ Jinmeiyō	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 阿猴 (A-kâu) in the late 1890s.

Proper noun

阿(あ)猴(こう) or 阿猴(アコウ) • (Akō) 

1. (historical) Akō (a former village and subprefecture in Taiwan under Japanese rule)

Synonyms

• (historical) 阿緱 (あこう, ​Akō)
• (modern) 屏東 (へいとう, ​Heitō)