a-phá-tò

Min Nan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アパート (apāto, “apartment building, apartment house”), from English apartment.

Pronunciation

(Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-phá-tò
- Tâi-lô: a-phá-tò
- Phofsit Daibuun: aphafdoix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to¹¹/

Noun

a-phá-tò (POJ)

(Taiwan) apartment building, apartment house

Synonyms

公寓 (kong-gū, kong-gī, kong-ú)

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