法老

Chinese

		rule; law; method	elder
trad. (法老)		法	老
simp. #(法老)		法	老

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (parʿōh), from Egyptian (pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace, pharaoh”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ lou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fap-ló
• Eastern Min (BUC): huák-lō̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-ló
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷faq-lau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎlǎo [Phonetic: fálǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-lao³
    • Yale: fǎ-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faalao
    • Palladius: фалао (falao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ lou⁵
    • Yale: faat lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ lou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fap-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: fab` lo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fab⁵ lo³
    • Sinological IPA: /fap̚² lo³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-lō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-ló
    • Tâi-lô: huat-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatloir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷faq-lau
    • MiniDict: fah^入 lau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq-lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

法老

1. pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)

Synonyms

Terms for pharaoh in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	法老, 法老王
Roman Catholic	法郎