安哥

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (安哥)		安	哥
simp. ^#(安哥)		安	哥
alternative forms		安歌

Borrowed from English encore.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āngē

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ go¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āngē
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ange
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-ko¹
  - Yale: ān-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ange
  - Palladius: аньгэ (anʹgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: on¹ go¹
  - Yale: ōn gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: on¹ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

安哥

(chiefly Cantonese) Alternative term for 安可 (ānkě, “encore”).

Etymology 2

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	elder brother
trad. (安哥)		安	哥
simp. ^#(安哥)		安	哥

Partial phono-semantic matching of English uncle.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āngē

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄍㄜ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ang-ker

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āngē
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ange
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-ko¹
  - Yale: ān-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ange
  - Palladius: аньгэ (anʹgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ang-ker
  - Tâi-lô: ang-ker
  - IPA (Singapore): /aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kə⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /aŋ³³⁻²¹ kə³³/

Noun

安哥

(Singapore, Malaysia) uncle (term of address for an older man)
- (Can we date this quote?), 王沙, 野峰, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  
  來，安哥，你看到我旁邊是什麼東西？ [MSC, trad.]
  来，安哥，你看到我旁边是什么东西？ [MSC, simp.]
  Lái, āngē, nǐ kàndào wǒ pángbiān shì shénme dōngxī? [Pinyin]
  Uncle, can you see what is next to me?

Synonyms

叔叔 (shūshu)

Coordinate terms

安娣 (āndī, “auntie”)