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高爾夫

高爾夫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (高爾夫)		高	爾	夫
simp. (高尔夫)		高	尔	夫

Noun

高爾夫

golf

Derived terms

高爾夫球／高尔夫球 (gāo'ěrfūqiú)

Etymology

Borrowing from English golf.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gāo'ěrfū

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄦˇ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ji⁵ fu¹
Min Nan (POJ): ko-ní-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gāo'ěrfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄦˇ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaueelfu
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ ji⁵ fu¹
  - Yale: gōu yíh fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ji⁵ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³ fuː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-ní-hu
  - Tâi-lô: ko-ní-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koiny'hw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻²² ni⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɤ³³ ni⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻²² ni⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ ni⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ni⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/