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

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

(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)

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