Sidney Lau Sek-cheung (劉錫祥; died 1987) was a Cantonese teacher in the Chinese Language Section of the Government Training Division and Principal of the...
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transcription delimiters. Sidney Lau romanisation is a system of romanisation for Cantonese that was developed in the 1970s by Sidney Lau for teaching Cantonese...
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A pineapple bun (Chinese: 菠蘿包; Sidney Lau: boh1loh4baau1) is a kind of sweet bun predominantly popular in Hong Kong and also common in Chinatowns worldwide...
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pin24 im24 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization pingyām Jyutping ping3 jam1 Sidney Lau ping3yam1° Canton Romanization ping3yem1 IPA [pʰɪŋ˧ jɐm˥] Southern Min...
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A taipan (Chinese: 大班; pinyin: dà bān; Sidney Lau: daai6baan1, literally "top class"), sometimes spelled tai-pan, is a foreign-born senior business executive...
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Miss Macao (Chinese: 澳門小姐; Sidney Lau: O3 Moon4 Siu2 Je2) was a Catalina seaplane owned by Cathay Pacific and operated by subsidiary Macau Air Transport...
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Sir David Wing-cheung Tang, KBE (Chinese: 鄧永鏘; pinyin: Dèng Yǒngqiāng; Sidney Lau: Dang6Wing5Cheung1; 2 August 1954 – 29 August 2017), was a Hong Kong businessman...
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Sir George Charles d'Aguilar, KCB (Chinese: 德忌笠; Sidney Lau: Dak1 Gei6 Lap1 or Chinese: 德己立; Sidney Lau: Dak1 Gei2 Laap6); January 1784 – 21 May 1855),...
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(simplified Chinese: 周泽荣; traditional Chinese: 周澤榮; pinyin: Zhōu Zéróng; Sidney Lau: Jau1 Jaak6-wing4; born 1949), is a Chinese-Australian property developer...
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from Japanese shinjitai kanji 駅 ‘eki’ to substitute 站 (Jyutping: zaam6; Sidney Lau: jaam6) (both 站 and 駅 mean "station" in their respective languages), as...
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Cantonese phonology Jyutping Guangdong Romanization Cantonese Pinyin Sidney Lau romanisation S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols) Barnett–Chao Romanisation Yale...
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Chasing the Dragon (film) (category Films produced by Andy Lau)
Chasing the Dragon (Chinese: 追龍; Sidney Lau: Jui1 Lung4), previously known as King of Drug Dealers, is a Hong Kong-Chinese action crime drama film directed...
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(romanization), Guangdong Romanization, Cantonese Pinyin, Jyutping, Yale, Sidney Lau, Meyer–Wempe, along with IPA, S. L. Wong phonetic symbols and Cantonese...
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pioneering work of 1828, and the widely used Standard Romanization, Yale and Sidney Lau systems) by introducing z and c initials and the use of eo and oe in finals...
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IPA [tɕjɛ́ntwéi] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization jīndēui Jyutping zin1deoi1 Sidney Lau jin1deui1 IPA [tsíːntɵ́y] Southern Min Hokkien POJ tsuann-tui...
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Sidney Lau: daai6 baan1) is a term used in the early 20th century for a business executive of a large corporation. An amah (Chinese: 阿嬷; Sidney Lau:...
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Basalt Island or Fo Shek Chau (Chinese: 火石洲; Sidney Lau: Foh2 Sek6 Jau1) is an island of Hong Kong and administratively part of Sai Kung District. Together...
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Arthur Yuen (since January 2010) Howard Lee (since February 2016) Edmond Lau (2021–2022) Darryl Chan (since November 2022) The HKMA hosted the meeting...
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Sir Henry Arthur Blake GCMG DL JP FRGS (Chinese: 卜力; Sidney Lau: Buk1 Lik6; 8 January 1840 – 23 February 1918) was a British colonial administrator and...
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Kenneth Tsang Kong (Chinese: 曾江; Sidney Lau: Jang1 Kong1; 5 October 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included...
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Birmingham. He gave himself the Chinese name, 郭士立 (Sidney Lau: gwok3 si6 laap6), but later on 郭實腊 (Sidney Lau: gwok3 sat6 laap6) became his official Chinese...
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Initium Media (Chinese: 端傳媒; Sidney Lau: Duen1Chuen4Mooi4) is a Singapore-based digital media outlet launched in August 2015. It mainly provides in-depths...
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Ah Toy (Chinese: 亞彩; Sidney Lau: Aa3 Coi2; 18 May 1829 – 1 February 1928) was a Chinese American sex worker and madam in San Francisco, California during...
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[ʂátɕʰǐmà] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization sākèimáh Jyutping saa1kei4maa5 Sidney Lau sa1kei4ma5 IPA [sáːkʰȅima̬ː] Southern Min Hokkien POJ soa-kî-má...
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another except in how they mark tones. Additionally, Hong Kong linguist Sidney Lau modified the Yale system for his popular Cantonese-as-a-second-language...
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doi:10.3828/idpr.26.1.6. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Lau, Amy S. M.; Melville, David S. (April 1994). International Trade in Swiftlet...
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Tse Tsan-tai (Chinese: 謝纘泰 or 謝贊泰; pinyin: Xiè Zàntài; Sidney Lau: Je6 Juen2 Taai3; 16 May 1872 – 4 April 1938), courtesy name Sing-on (聖安), art-named...
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客家語拼音聲調表。收錄於客家委員會。(2019)。客語能力認證基本詞彙-初級四縣腔(頁24)。 劉敏貞. (2011). 比較兩種客語聖經譯本底背ke語音差異—用汕頭客語聖經譯本lâu現代客語聖經譯本底背ke約翰福音為例. Chinese to Hakka Dictionary Online (in the Siyen dialect)...
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Three Fried Stuffed Treasures (Chinese: 煎釀三寶; Sidney Lau: zin1 joeng6 saam1 bou2) is a traditional street food popular in Hong Kong, Macau and parts of...
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Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shīfù Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Si1 fu3-2 Sidney Lau Sifu...
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