新加坡华语资料库
本资料库收录了具有文化、历史或情感意义的华语词汇。这些词汇是新加坡人过去或现在的生活用语，有的见于印刷媒体，有的则在日常对话中使用。
Outram Road (colloquially known as see pai por)
Outram Road (colloquially known as see pai por)
释义
名词
- 位于新加坡中部，以欧南路（Outram Road）、新桥路（New Bridge Road）和广东民路（Cantonment Road）为边界。也写作 “四排坡”。
- 新加坡中央医院（Singapore General Hospital）的俗称。
DEFINITION
Noun
- An area located in the central Singapore, with Outram Road, New Bridge Road and Cantonment Road as its boundaries. Also written as “四排坡” in Mandarin.
- The colloquial name of Singapore General Hospital.
由来
- 1819 年，英属东印度公司（British East India Company）的军队驻扎于现在的欧南园（Outram Park）一带，即俗称的 “四排埔”。
- “四排埔” 中的 “四排”（see pai）是福建话对英语 “Sepoy” 的音译。Sepoy 则是源自于印地语，指的是英军在印度招募的士兵。“埔” 或 “坡” 是福建话 po 的意译，因为该地段地势较高，为一处小山丘。
- 成立于 1821 年的新加坡中央医院是新加坡的第一所医院。中央医院原先设立于新加坡河一带，但随着社会的发展与卫生设备的进步，中央医院于 1882 年迁至欧南路，即四排埔的位置。
- 基于华族的避讳文化，早期部分新加坡人都不直称新加坡中央医院，而是以 “四排埔” 一词作为代称。
ETYMOLOGY
- In 1819, the troops of the British East India Company were stationed in what is now the vicinity of Outram Park, colloquially known as “四排埔”.
- The term “四排” (see pai) in “四排埔” is the Hokkien transliteration of the English term “Sepoy”, which originated from Hindi and refers to soldiers recruited by the British army in India. The terms “埔” and “坡” are paraphrases of the Hokkien term po (which means slope) given how the area is more elevated with a small hill.
- Established in 1821, Singapore General Hospital is the first hospital in Singapore. It was originally built along Singapore River but was moved to Outram Road (the location of “四排埔”) in 1882, due to social developments and improvements in healthcare facilities.
- Due to taboo in Chinese culture, some Singaporeans in the early days did not refer to Singapore General Hospital directly but used the substitute term “四排埔”.
例句
李总理分享道：“至今，仍有许多老一辈的国人仍称中央医院为 ‘四排埔’（福建话）。”（ 《联合晚报》，05/2/2016）
SAMPLE SENTENCE
Prime Minister Lee shared: “till now, many older Singaporeans still refer to Singapore General Hospital as ‘四排埔’ (Hokkien).” (Lianhe Wanbao, 5/2/2016)