# e-pú-lóng
## Hokkien
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese エプロン (epuron), from English apron.

### Pronunciation

* (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e-pú-lóng
** Tâi-lô: e-pú-lóng
** Phofsit Daibuun: e'pwlorng
** IPA (Taipei): /e⁴⁴⁻³³ pu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ⁵³/
** IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴⁴⁻³³ pu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ⁴¹/

### Noun

e-pú-lóng
* (Taiwan) apron

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圍裙, 肚兜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 圍裙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 圍裙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 圍腰子, 圍裙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 圍裙, 飯單 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 圍裙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 苫裙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 腰裙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 圍裙子, 圍裙兒, 圍腰子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 護裙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 圍裙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 圍裙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 圍裙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 圍裙子, 圍裙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 圍裙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 圍裙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 圍腰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 圍裙, 圍腰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 圍腰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 圍裙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 圍裙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 圍裙, 圍腰 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 圍裙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 圍裙, 圍腰子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 圍裙, 圍身 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 圍身 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 圍身 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手巾, 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 裙仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 兜肚, 圍兜 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 圍裙 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 圍裙 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 圍條 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 圍裙 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 幱裙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 圍身裙, 圍裙 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 圍身 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 圍裙 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 腰布 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 腰布, 圍腰裙 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 圍裙 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圍裙 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 圍裙子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 圍身裙, 圍裙 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 下攔仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 攔身 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 圍身裙 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 圍身裙 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 圍身裙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 圍身裙, 圍垂裙, 圍身巾, 煮食裙仔, 油身裙, 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 裙圍仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 圍軀裙, e-pú-lóng GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 縖腰巾 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 圍巾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 圍軀裙, 腰肚仔, 圍軀裙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 圍軀裙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 圍軀裙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 圍䘥仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 圍軀裙, 裙肚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 圍軀裙仔, 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 圍軀裙, 煮食裙仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 圍軀裙, 煮食巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 圍巾 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 圍裙仔, 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 圍軀裙, 圍巾 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 下梭裙, 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 圍裙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 圍身巾, 圍巾 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 圍腰布, 圍腰 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 圍裙, 圍腰 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 圍裙 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 裙腰 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 裙囝, 掩裙 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 裙囝, 圍身裙 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 圍身裙, 圍裙 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 飯單, 圍身頭, 圍身 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 圍腰 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 圍身 |
| Wu | Danyang | 圍裙 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 圍腰, 圍身裙兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 布襴, 圍身布襴 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 圍身布 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 圍裙 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 圍裙子, 圍裙, 腰圍裙 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 圍腰, 圍身 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 圍身布 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |

### Further reading

* “Entry #31028”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.