阿魯巴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿魯巴)		阿	魯	巴
simp. (阿鲁巴)		阿	鲁	巴

Etymology 1

From Dutch Aruba.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ālǔbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄌㄨˇ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ lou⁵ baa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-ló͘-pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ālǔbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄌㄨˇ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Alǔba
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-lu³-pa¹
    • Yale: Ā-lǔ-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Aluuba
    • Palladius: Алуба (Aluba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ lou⁵ baa¹
    • Yale: a lóuh bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ lou⁵ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ lou⁵ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ lou̯¹³ paː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-ló͘-pa
    • Tâi-lô: A-lóo-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: alofpaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴/

Proper noun

阿魯巴

1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Derived terms

• 荷屬阿魯巴 / 荷属阿鲁巴
• 阿魯巴人 / 阿鲁巴人
• 阿魯巴弗羅林 / 阿鲁巴弗罗林

Etymology 2

Said to derived from Arabic أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ālǔbā, ǎlūbǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄌㄨˇ ㄅㄚ, ㄚˇ ㄌㄨ ㄅㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ālǔbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄌㄨˇ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: alǔba
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-lu³-pa¹
    • Yale: ā-lǔ-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aluuba
    • Palladius: алуба (aluba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎlūbǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄚˇ ㄌㄨ ㄅㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎlubǎ
    • Wade–Giles: a³-lu¹-pa³
    • Yale: ǎ-lū-bǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aalhubaa
    • Palladius: алуба (aluba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

阿魯巴

1. (chiefly Taiwan and Mainland China) happy corner (a school prank) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Synonyms

• con (Hong Kong)
• happy corner (Hong Kong, Macau)
• 卡大樹／卡大树, 卡人 (Northeast China)
• 打樁／打桩 (dǎzhuāng) (Jiangsu, Zhejiang)
• 撞柱子 (Malaysia)
• 撕胩, 勒胩, 磨人 (mórén) (Sichuan, Chongqing)
• 操桿子／操杆子 (Gansu)
• 操槓／操杠, 撞柱子 (Henan, Hubei)
• 槓人／杠人 (Hebei)
• 樹人／树人 (shùrén) (Northern China)
• 磨柱, 撞鐘／撞钟 (zhuàngzhōng), 撞大樹／撞大树 (Guangdong)
• 磨槓子／磨杠子, 茲求／兹求 (Shaanxi)
• 鋸人／锯人, 操桿兒／操杆儿 (Beijing)
• 開飛機／开飞机, 開人／开人 (Shanxi, Shandong, Anhui)