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法郎

法郎

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	youth
simp. and trad. (法郎)		法	郎

Noun

法郎

franc

Etymology

Borrowing from French franc.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fǎláng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ long⁴, faat³ long^4-1
Min Nan (POJ): hoat-lông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǎláng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faalang
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ long⁴, faat³ long^4-1
  - Yale: faat lòhng, faat lōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ long⁴, faat⁸ long^4-1
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːt̚³ lɔːŋ²¹/, /fɑːt̚³ lɔːŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-lông
  - Tâi-lô: huat-lông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatloong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ lɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lɔŋ²³/