a-phá-tò
Hokkien edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese アパート (apāto), from English apartment.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-phá-tò
- Tâi-lô: a-phá-tò
- Phofsit Daibuun: aphafdoix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to¹¹/
Noun edit
a-phá-tò
- (Taiwan) apartment building, apartment block
Synonyms edit
- 公寓 (kong-gū)