公寓

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	reside; residence
trad. (公寓)		公	寓
simp. #(公寓)		公	寓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jyu⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-ngi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-gū / kong-gī / kong-ú / kong-ǐ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ ngo⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-gniu; ¹kon-yu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongyù
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: gūng-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongyuh
    • Palladius: гунъюй (gunʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ jyu⁶
    • Yale: gūng yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-gū
    • Tâi-lô: kong-gū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: konggu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ ɡu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-gī
    • Tâi-lô: kong-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: konggi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ú
    • Tâi-lô: kong-ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kong'uo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ u⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ u⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ǐ
    • Tâi-lô: kong-ǐ
    • IPA (Longyan): /koŋ³³⁴ i⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ ngo⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong ngŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ ŋo³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-gniu; ¹kon-yu
    • MiniDict: kon^平 nyu; kon^平 yu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-nyy; ¹kon-hhy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ n̠ʲy²¹/, /koŋ⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/

Noun

公寓

1. multi-storied apartment building (Classifier: 棟／栋; 座; 所)
2. residential unit in such a building; apartment; flat; condominium (Classifier: 間／间; 套)

Usage notes

In Taiwanese usage, the term commonly refers to low-rise residential buildings of not more than 6 floors, generally without an elevator. Higher-rise buildings have to be legally equipped with elevators and called 華廈／华厦 (7-11F) or more generically 大樓／大楼 (dàlóu).

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 柏文, 雅柏文

Derived terms

• 公寓大樓／公寓大楼 (gōngyù dàlóu)
• 公寓樓／公寓楼 (gōngyùlóu)
• 高級公寓／高级公寓 (gāojí gōngyù)

 

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “公寓”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 484.