俱樂部

See also: 俱乐部, 倶楽部, and 倶樂部

Chinese

	a social club; entirely; without exception	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
trad. (俱樂部)	俱	樂	部
simp. (俱乐部)	俱	乐	部
alternative forms	倶樂部／倶乐部
Literally: “all-happy place”.

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FWOTD – 1 October 2014

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 倶楽部(クラブ) (kurabu, “club”), which is a phono-semantic matching of English club.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jùlèbù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹ lok⁶ bou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khî-lo̍k-phu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kū-lo̍k-pǒ͘ / khū-lo̍k-pō͘ / kū-lo̍k-pō͘ / kī-lo̍k-pō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁶ lag⁸ bou⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jiu-loq₈-bu₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jùlèbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyùlèbù
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴-lê⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: jyù-lè-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhlehbuh
  - Palladius: цзюйлэбу (czjujlɛbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jùlèbùr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyùlèbùr
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴-lê⁴-pu⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyù-lè-bùr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhlehbull
  - Palladius: цзюйлэбур (czjujlɛbur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ puɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: keoi¹ lok⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: kēui lohk bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹ lok⁹ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹ log⁶ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² pou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî-lo̍k-phu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki´ log pu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹ log⁶ pu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lok̚⁵ pʰu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lo̍k-pǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lo̍k-pǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² pɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khū-lo̍k-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: khū-lo̍k-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quxlogpo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu³³⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰu³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lo̍k-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lo̍k-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlogpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku³³⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lo̍k-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kī-lo̍k-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixlogpo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gu⁶ lag⁸ bou⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kŭ la̍k pŏu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵⁻¹¹ lak̚⁴⁻² pou³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶jiu-loq₈-bu₆
  - MiniDict: jiu^去 loh^入 bu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjy-loq₅-bu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑy²² loʔ⁵⁵ bu²¹/

Noun

俱樂部

club; group; organisation
- 中國俱樂部於2003年2月由幾位熱情的中澳學生共同創建。 [MSC, trad.]
  中国俱乐部于2003年2月由几位热情的中澳学生共同创建。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Catherine Price, About us - UCU China Club, University of Canberra, 2008
  Zhōngguó jùlèbù yú 2003 nián 2 yuè yóu jǐ wèi rèqíng de Zhōng Ào xuéshēng gòngtóng chuàngjiàn. [Pinyin]
  China Club was founded in February 2003 by several enthusiastic Chinese-Australian students.

Synonyms

(club): 會所／会所 (huìsuǒ)

Derived terms

References

“Entry #97029”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俱	樂	部
く Jinmeiyō (ateji)	らく > ら Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ぶ Grade: 3 (ateji)
on’yomi	irregular	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 俱樂部 – see the following entry.

【倶楽部クラブ】

[noun] a club (as an association or group of people)

Alternative spelling
俱楽部

(This term, 俱樂部, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (俱楽部) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
俱	樂	部

Noun

俱樂部 • (gurakbu) (hangeul 구락부)

Hanja form^? of 구락부 (“club”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
俱	樂	部

Noun

俱樂部

chữ Hán form of câu lạc bộ (“club”).