沙發

See also: 沙发

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (沙發)		沙	發
simp. (沙发^*)		沙	发

Etymology 1

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沙發

Borrowed from English sofa, probably via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāfā

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄈㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ faat³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sa¹ fad⁵
Northern Min (KCR): sá-huă
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sa-hoat / see-hoat / só͘-fá

(Teochew, Peng'im): sua¹ huag⁴ / sua¹ huêg⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹so-faq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāfā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄈㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shafa
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-fa¹
  - Yale: shā-fā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shafa
  - Palladius: шафа (šafa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    殺伐 / 杀伐
    沙發 / 沙发
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa¹ faat³
  - Yale: sā faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sa¹ fad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fat̚¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sá-huă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa⁵⁴ xua²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: sa-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sa'hoad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ huat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: see-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: see-huat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘-fá
  - Tâi-lô: sóo-fá
  - IPA (Penang): /sɔ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ fa⁴⁴⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sua¹ huag⁴ / sua¹ huêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sua huak / sua huek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sua³³⁻²³ huak̚²/, /sua³³⁻²³ huek̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹so-faq
  - MiniDict: so^平 fah
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹so-faq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /so⁵⁵ faʔ²¹/

Noun

沙發

sofa (Classifier: 組／组 m)
我們的生活雖說不算富裕，可也不愁吃不愁穿的。你瞧，這沙發、電視機什麼的，別人家有，我們家也都有啦！ [MSC, trad.]
我们的生活虽说不算富裕，可也不愁吃不愁穿的。你瞧，这沙发、电视机什么的，别人家有，我们家也都有啦！ [MSC, simp.]
Wǒmen de shēnghuó suīshuō bù suàn fùyù, kě yě bù chóu chī bù chóu chuān de. Nǐ qiáo, zhè shāfā, diànshìjī shénme de, biérén jiā yǒu, wǒmen jiā yě dōu yǒu la! [Pinyin]
Even though one could say that our life is not considered to be affluent, yet we do not have to worry about food or clothing. Just look at things like this sofa and this TV set; other families have these things, and so do we!
- 有魔女沙發上沉默　為誰坐著 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  有魔女沙发上沉默　为谁坐着 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2020, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], Oscar (lyrics), 特倫斯夢遊仙境 [Wonderland]
  jau⁵ mo¹ neoi^5-2 so¹ faa² soeng⁶ cam⁴ mak⁶, wai⁶ seoi⁴ co⁵ zoek⁶ [Jyutping]
  There is a witch on a sofa quietly sitting for whom

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沙發 (“sofa; couch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沙發
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	沙發
	Taiwan	沙發, 沙發椅
	Chifeng	沙發
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	沙發
	Harbin	沙發
	Shenyang	沙發
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	沙發
	Tangshan	沙發
	Cangzhou	沙發
	Baoding	沙發
	Shijiazhuang	沙發
	Jinan	沙發
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	沙發
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	沙發
	Zhengzhou	沙發
	Xi'an	沙發
	Xining	沙發
	Xuzhou	沙發
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	底萬
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	基萬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	沙發
	Lanzhou	沙發
	Ürümqi	沙發
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	沙發
	Chongqing	沙發
	Wuhan	沙發, 氣椅 dated
	Guiyang	沙發
	Kunming	沙發
	Guilin	沙發
	Liuzhou	沙發
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	沙發
	Yangzhou	沙發
	Nantong	沙發
	Hefei	沙發
Cantonese	Guangzhou	梳化, 梳化椅
	Hong Kong	梳化, 梳化椅
	Taishan	梳化
	Dongguan	梳化
Gan	Lichuan	沙發
Hakka	Meixian	沙發
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	膨凳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	膨凳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	膨凳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	膨凳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨凳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膨椅
Huizhou	Shexian	沙發
Jin	Taiyuan	沙發
	Xinzhou	沙發
	Linhe	沙發
	Jining	沙發
	Hohhot	沙發
	Zhangjiakou	沙發
	Handan	沙發
Northern Min	Jian'ou	沙發, 沙發椅
Eastern Min	Matsu	沙發椅
Southern Min	Xiamen	膨椅
	Quanzhou	膨椅
	Zhangzhou	膨椅
	Tainan	膨椅
	Penang (Hokkien)	sofa
	Singapore (Hokkien)	沙發
	Manila (Hokkien)	沙發椅
	Chaozhou	沙發
	Wenchang	沙發
	Haikou	彈弓椅, 沙發椅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	沙發
Wu	Shanghai	沙發, 沙發椅
	Danyang	沙發椅子
	Wenzhou	沙發椅

Descendants

→ Lü: ᦌᦱᧈᦝᦱᧉ (saa¹faa²)
→ Mongolian:
Cyrillic script: шафа (šafa)

Mongolian script: ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (šafa)
→ Uyghur: سافا (safa)
→ Wutunhua: shafa
→ Zhuang: sahfaz

Etymology 2

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沙發 (網路)

May be altered from 首發 / 首发 (shǒufā) or humorous phono-semantic matching of English so fast. (Shi, 2021, pg. 138)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāfā

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄈㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāfā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄈㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shafa
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-fa¹
  - Yale: shā-fā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shafa
  - Palladius: шафа (šafa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    殺伐 / 杀伐
    沙發 / 沙发

Noun

沙發

(Internet slang) first person to reply or comment on an online forum