洛杉磯

See also: 洛杉矶

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (洛杉磯)		洛	杉	磯
simp. (洛杉矶)		洛	杉	矶

Etymology

Borrowed from English Los Angeles.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Luòshānjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ caam³ gei¹ / lok³ caam³ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lo̍k-sam-ki / Lo̍k-san-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Luòshānjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Luòshanji
    • Wade–Giles: Lo⁴-shan¹-chi¹
    • Yale: Lwò-shān-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luohshanji
    • Palladius: Лошаньцзи (Lošanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ caam³ gei¹ / lok³ caam³ gei¹
    • Yale: lohk chaam gēi / lok chaam gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tsaam³ gei¹ / lok⁸ tsaam³ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ cam³ géi¹ / log³ cam³ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² t͡sʰaːm³³ kei̯⁵⁵/, /lɔːk̚³ t͡sʰaːm³³ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lo̍k-sam-ki
    • Tâi-lô: Lo̍k-sam-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logsamky
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² sam⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lo̍k-san-ki
    • Tâi-lô: Lo̍k-san-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logsanky
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² san⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Proper noun

洛杉磯

1. (～市, formerly ～埠) Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
   • 1933, 姚士宣, 航空通論, 商務印書館, page 111:

     如報載美國機器人，駕一全金屬飛機，自洛杉磯出發，經十三小時廿五分即抵紐約，斯較之該國航空公司訂航空時刻之十八小時，已減省四小時半矣。 [MSC, trad.]
     如报载美国机器人，驾一全金属飞机，自洛杉矶出发，经十三小时廿五分即抵纽约，斯较之该国航空公司订航空时刻之十八小时，已减省四小时半矣。 [MSC, simp.]

     Rú bào zǎi Měiguó jīqìrén, jià yī quán jīnshǔ fēijī, zì Luòshānjī chūfā, jīng shísān xiǎoshí niàn wǔ fēn jí dǐ Niǔyuē, sī jiào zhī gāi guó hángkōng gōngsī dìng hángkōng shíkè zhī shíbā xiǎoshí, yǐ jiǎnshěng sì xiǎoshí bàn yǐ. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (literary) 洛城 (Luòchéng)
• (literary) 洛埠 (Luòbù)
• (dated) 羅省枝利／罗省枝利 (Luóshěngzhīlì)

Dialectal synonyms of 洛杉磯 (“Los Angeles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	洛杉磯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	洛杉磯, LA, 羅省 dated
	Taishan	羅省
	Kaiping (Chikan)	羅省