法老

Chinese

		rule; law; method	elder
trad. (法老)		法	老
simp. ^#(法老)		法	老

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (parʿōh), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace, pharaoh”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ lou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fap-ló
Eastern Min (BUC): huák-lō̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah⁶ lor³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-ló
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷faq-lau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎlǎo [Phonetic: fálǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎlǎo
  - Wade–Giles: fa³-lao³
  - Yale: fǎ-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faalao
  - Palladius: фалао (falao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ lou⁵
  - Yale: faat lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ lou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fap-ló
  - Hakka Romanization System: fab^ˋ lo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fab⁵ lo³
  - Sinological IPA: /fap̚² lo³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-lō̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃o³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁶ lor³ [Phonetic: hah⁷ lor³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hah-lô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ lɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁶ lor³ [Phonetic: hah⁷ lor³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²⁻⁴ lɒ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-ló
  - Tâi-lô: huat-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatloir
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lo⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lo⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ lo⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lo⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷faq-lau
  - MiniDict: fah^入 lau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq-lau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

法老

pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)
- c. 1700, Jean Basset, 萬物始元‎^[1]:
  
  厄日多王通稱法老，每瑟同兄亞羅到法老前傳主旨，命放主民出其國。法老拂且欺之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  厄日多王通称法老，每瑟同兄亚罗到法老前传主旨，命放主民出其国。法老拂且欺之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Èrìduō wáng tōngchēng fǎlǎo, Měisè tóng xiōng Yàluó dào fǎlǎo qián chuán zhǔ zhǐ, mìng fàng zhǔ mín chū qí guó. Fǎlǎo fú qiě qī zhī. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1817, “神造萬物書”, in The Pentateuch in Chinese, Serampore, Genesis 40:13–14, page 27:
  
  然三日之內，法老必援汝復回汝職，而汝當如曩為侍臣進爵於法老也。此事騐時，汝須念我，求汝恩澤，表奏法老拯我出獄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  然三日之内，法老必援汝复回汝职，而汝当如曩为侍臣进爵于法老也。此事验时，汝须念我，求汝恩泽，表奏法老拯我出狱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Rán sānrì zhī nèi, fǎlǎo bì yuán rǔ fù huí rǔ zhí, ér rǔ dāng rú nǎng wéi shìchén jìn jué yú fǎlǎo yě. Cǐ shì yàn shí, rǔ xū niàn wǒ, qiú rǔ ēnzé, biǎozòu fǎlǎo zhěng wǒ chūyù. [Pinyin]
  Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

Synonyms

Terms for pharaoh in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	法老, 法老王
Roman Catholic	法郎