阿蓮

See also: 阿莲

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	lotus
trad. (阿蓮)		阿	蓮
simp. (阿莲)		阿	莲
alternative forms		阿嗹／阿𪡏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ālián

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ lin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-lian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ālián
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Alián
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-lien²
    • Yale: Ā-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Alian
    • Palladius: Алянь (Aljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ lin⁴
    • Yale: a lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ liːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-lian
    • Tâi-lô: A-lian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aliefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ liɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn⁴⁴/

Proper noun

阿蓮

1. (～區) Alian (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Descendants

• → English: Alian, Alien

Etymology 2

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	lotus
trad. (阿蓮)		阿	蓮
simp. (阿莲)		阿	莲

Formerly a common Chinese female name.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-liân

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-liân
    • Tâi-lô: a-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: alieen
    • IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/

Noun

阿蓮

1. (Singapore and Malaysian Hokkien, slang, derogatory) A young ethnic Chinese woman, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.

Synonyms

• 阿花 (a-hoe)
• (male equivalent) 阿明 (a-bêng), 阿成 (a-sêng)

Descendants

• → English: Ah Lian