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探戈

探戈

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (探戈)		探	戈

Noun

探戈

tango

Synonyms

探戈舞 (tàngēwǔ)

Etymology

Transliteration of English or Spanish tango.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tàngē

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ gwo¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thán-kò
Min Nan (POJ): thàn-gò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàngē
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄍㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannge
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠n⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ gwo¹
  - Yale: taam gwō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ gwo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːm³³ kʷɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thán-kò
  - Hakka Romanization System: tan` goˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tan³ go²
  - IPA: /tʰan³¹ ko¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-gò͘
  - Tâi-lô: thàn-gòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarn'gox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ gɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ gɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ gɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ gɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ gɔ²¹/