基普

jīpǔ
noun #34,709

Meanings

  1. 1 kip (Lao currency)
  2. 2 Kip / Kipp (Western surname transliteration)

Examples

HSK 3
Zài Lǎowō, yī měiyuán dàyuē néng huàn liǎngwàn jīpǔ.
In Laos, one US dollar exchanges for about twenty thousand kip.
HSK 4
Jīpǔqiáogé shì Kěnníyà zhùmíng de mǎlāsōng xuǎnshǒu.
Kipchoge is a famous Kenyan marathon runner.

Tips

culture
基普 (jīpǔ) is the Mandarin name for the Lao kip (LAK), the official currency of Laos. It's also the standard transliteration for the Kenyan/East African name element 'Kip-' - most famously in 基普乔格 Eliud Kipchoge, the world-record marathoner and first person to run a sub-2-hour marathon (in 2019).
usage
When 基普 stands alone in financial / travel contexts it almost always means the Lao currency. In sports news it's the prefix for Kenyan distance-runner surnames (Kipchoge, Kipruto, Kiplagat - 'Kip-' marks the time of day a Kalenjin child was born).

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