竹排

Chinese

		bamboo	row of logs or boards; a platoon; line up
trad. (竹排)		竹	排
simp. #(竹排)		竹	排
alternative forms		竹棑 竹簰 竹筏 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ paai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chuk-phài
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-pâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúpái
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-pʻai²
    • Yale: jú-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwupair
    • Palladius: чжупай (čžupaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ paai⁴
    • Yale: jūk pàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ paai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chuk-phài
    • Hakka Romanization System: zug` paiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zug⁵ pai²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suk̚² pʰai̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-pâi
    • Tâi-lô: tik-pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekpaai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pai²³/

Noun

竹排

1. bamboo bound together for transport along a river
2. bamboo raft

Usage notes

Taiwan's Ministry of Education recommends 竹排 for Standard Chinese (Mandarin) and Hakka but 竹棑 for Min Nan.

Synonyms

• (bamboo raft): 竹筏 (zhúfá), (Hakka, Hokkien) 竹排仔

Further reading

• “Entry #2748”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.