北佬
Chinese
| north | man; guy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (北佬) | 北 | 佬 | |
| simp. #(北佬) | 北 | 佬 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bak1 lou2
- Yale: bāk lóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: bak7 lou2
- Guangdong Romanization: beg1 lou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐk̚⁵ lou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bă̤-lǎu
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɛ²⁴ lau²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Wu
Noun
北佬
- (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Northern Min, Southern Wu) northerner (Classifier: 個/个 c; 條/条 c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 北方人 (“northerner; someone from northern China”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 北方人 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 北方人, 北方騾子 |
| Liuzhou | 北方佬, 北佬 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 北佬 |
| Hong Kong | 北方人, 北佬, 北方佬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 北方人 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 北牯佬 |
| Xingning | 北牯佬 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 北佬 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 北方佬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 北佬, 北佬仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 北方儂, 北頂儂, 北仔 |
| Quanzhou | 北頂儂, 北仔, 阿北仔, 北貢 | |
| Zhangzhou | 北頂儂, 北仔, 北貢 | |
| Haikou | 北方儂 | |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 北佬兒 |
| Wenzhou | 北佬 | |
| Jinhua | 北佬 | |
Derived terms
- 北佬仔
- 北佬婆
- 北佬牯
- 北佬餅 / 北佬饼