野人埠

Chinese

		savage; barbarian; wild man savage; barbarian; wild man; uncivilized human; ruffian; unrefined person; tramp	a jetty; port; a city a jetty; port; a city; quay
simp. and trad. (野人埠)		野人	埠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yěrénbù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ jan⁴ fau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yěrénbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yěrénbù
  - Wade–Giles: Yeh³-jên²-pu⁴
  - Yale: Yě-rén-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeerenbuh
  - Palladius: Ежэньбу (Ježɛnʹbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁵ jan⁴ fau⁶
  - Yale: yéh yàhn fauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ jan⁴ fau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ yen⁴ feo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ jɐn²¹ fɐu̯²²/

Proper noun

野人埠

(dated, derogatory) Rabaul (a township in Papua New Guinea)
- [1970, Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica‎^[1], 中央研究院:
  
  在中國人稱為野人埠的亞包上岸 [MSC, trad.]
  在中国人称为野人埠的亚包上岸 [MSC, simp.]
  zài zhōngguórén chēngwèi yěrénbù de yàbāo shàng'àn [Pinyin]
  alighted upon Rabaul, known to Chinese as the Port of Savages
- [1978, 东南亞华人问題之硏究‎^[2], 教育出版社:
  
  因為新幾內亞一切落後，華人稱亞包為野人埠 [MSC, trad.]
  因为新几内亚一切落后，华人称亚包为野人埠 [MSC, simp.]
  yīnwèi xīn jǐnèiyà yīqiè luòhòu, huárén chēng yàbāo wèi yěrénbù [Pinyin]
  because of the general laggard development of New Guinea, Chinese call Rabaul the Port of Savages
- [1984, 華人月刋‎^[3], 地平綫出版社:
  
  由於氣候炎熱，又較香港、新加坡落後，華人把亞包稱為野人埠。 [MSC, trad.]
  由于气候炎热，又较香港、新加坡落后，华人把亚包称为野人埠。 [MSC, simp.]
  Yóuyú qìhòu yánrè, yòu jiào xiānggǎng, xīnjiāpō luòhòu, huárén bǎ yàbāo chēngwèi yěrénbù. [Pinyin]
  because its climate is hot, and because it is behind Hong Kong and Singapore in terms of development, the Chinese call Rabaul the Port of Savages
- [1985, 巴布亞新幾內亞華人百年史　一八八〇-一九八〇‎^[4], 正中書局:
  
  當他們到了新幾內亞，發現亞包只是個「野人埠」，大部分的中國人都是當勞工，心理一定覺得很失望。 [MSC, trad.]
  当他们到了新几内亚，发现亚包只是个「野人埠」，大部分的中国人都是当劳工，心理一定觉得很失望。 [MSC, simp.]
  Dāng tāmen dào-le xīn jǐnèiyà, fāxiàn yàbāo zhǐshì ge “yěrénbù”, dàbùfēn de zhōngguórén dōu shì dāng láogōng, xīnlǐ yīdìng juéde hěn shīwàng. [Pinyin]
  When they arrived in New Guinea and discovered that Rabaul is a mere "Port of Savages", where the majority of Chinese are laborers, they were guaranteed to feel disappointment.

Synonyms

拉包爾／拉包尔 (Lābāo'ěr)