Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (幫浦)
simp. (帮浦)

Etymology

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Borrowed from English pump.

The Taiwanese Hokkien pronunciation "phòng-phù" is from Japanese ポンプ (ponpu) and the pronunciation "phàng-phuh" is from English pump.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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幫浦

  1. (Taiwan) pump (especially for water)

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