a-lú-mih

Hokkien

Etymology

From Japanese アルミ (arumi).

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-lú-mih
  • Tâi-lô: a-lú-mih
  • Phofsit Daibuun: alwmiq
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
  • IPA (Lukang): /a³³ lu⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mĩʔ⁵/
  • IPA (Tainan): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ mĩʔ³²/
  • IPA (Yilan): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ mĩʔ²/
  • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/

Noun

a-lú-mih

1. (Taiwan) aluminium; aluminum

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋁 (“aluminium; aluminum ”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋁
Mandarin	Taiwan	鋁
Southern Min	Taipei	a-lú-mih
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	a-lú-mih
	Kaohsiung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Yilan	a-lú-mih
	Changhua (Lukang)	a-lú-mih
	Taichung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Tainan	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Hsinchu	a-lú-mih
	Kinmen	鋁
	Penghu (Magong)	輕銀, a-lú-mih
Xiang	Changsha	輕飄, 鑌鐵