拉祜

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (拉祜)		拉	祜

Etymology

Replaced older 猓黑, which had a more offensive meaning that literally means "black monkey". The current name literally means "to drag favour or blessings from heaven".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lāhù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ wu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la-hǒ͘ / la-hō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lāhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lahù
  - Wade–Giles: La¹-hu⁴
  - Yale: Lā-hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lhahuh
  - Palladius: Лаху (Laxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laai¹ wu²
  - Yale: lāai wú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ wu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lai¹ wu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ wuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-hǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: la-hǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³ hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: la-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: la'ho
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/

Proper noun

拉祜

the Lahu people

Compounds

拉祜族 (Lāhùzú)
拉祜語／拉祜语 (Lāhùyǔ)

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