家樂福

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
trad. (家樂福)		家	樂	福
simp. (家乐福)		家	乐	福
Literally: “family joyful and blessed”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of French Carrefour.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiālèfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ lok⁶ fuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiālèfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jialèfú
    • Wade–Giles: Chia¹-lê⁴-fu²
    • Yale: Jyā-lè-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jialehfwu
    • Palladius: Цзялэфу (Czjalɛfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ lok⁶ fuk¹
    • Yale: gā lohk fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ lok⁹ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ log⁶ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² fʊk̚⁵/

Proper noun

家樂福

1. Carrefour (French multinational retailer)