艋舺

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (艋舺)		艋	舺
simp. #(艋舺)		艋	舺
alternative forms		蟒甲 蚊甲 莽葛 文甲 文舺

Etymology

Possibly from an Austronesian word from one of the northern Formosan languages as bangka (“outrigger canoe”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měngjiǎ, Měngxiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ, ㄇㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Báng-kah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měngjiǎ [Phonetic: méngjiǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měngjiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Mêng³-chia³
    • Yale: Měng-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meengjea
    • Palladius: Мэнцзя (Mɛnczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měngxiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měngsiá
    • Wade–Giles: Mêng³-hsia²
    • Yale: Měng-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meengshya
    • Palladius: Мэнся (Mɛnsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Báng-kah
    • Tâi-lô: Báng-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bafngkaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/

Proper noun

艋舺

1. (historical, still used in Hokkien) Bangka (alternatively Monka, Manka, Bang-kah), a formerly independent city that has now been amalgamated into Taipei; modern Wanhua (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)

   艋舺公園／艋舺公园 [Taiwanese Mandarin]  ―  Měngjiǎ Gōngyuán [Pinyin]  ―  Bangka Park

Synonyms

• (modern) 萬華／万华 (Wànhuá)

Derived terms

• 一府二鹿三艋舺

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: 万(ばん)華(か) (Banka)
  • → Chinese: 萬華／万华 (Wànhuá)