紅毛字

Chinese

		red hair	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (紅毛字)		紅毛	字
simp. (红毛字)		红毛	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngmáozì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄗˋ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): âng-mô͘-jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵ mo⁵ ri⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngmáozì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngmáozìh
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-mao²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: húng-máu-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngmautzyh
    • Palladius: хунмаоцзы (xunmaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-mô͘-jī
    • Tâi-lô: âng-môo-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angmoji
    • IPA (Penang): /aŋ²³⁻²¹ mɔ²³⁻²¹ d͡zi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang⁵ mo⁵ ri⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng mô jī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/

Noun

紅毛字

1. (obsolete or dialectal) the Latin alphabet

   • 習紅毛字，橫書為行，自左而右[…] [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     习红毛字，横书为行，自左而右[…] [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 諸羅縣志

     xí hóngmáozì, héngshū wèi xíng, zì zuǒ ér yòu […] [Pinyin]

     The Latin alphabet is written horizontally from left to right.

2. (Penang Hokkien) the English language

See also

• 紅毛話／红毛话

References

• Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors (2021), “Chapter 5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak”, in Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 169