可樂

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See also: 可乐

Chinese

can; may; able to
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
 
music; happy; laugh
music; happy; laugh; cheerful
 
trad. (可樂) 可 樂
simp. (可乐) 可 乐

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 可 樂
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 鐸 (103)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 枯我切 盧各切
Baxter khaX lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰaX/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong 		/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kě luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ho2 lok6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 可 樂
Reading # 1/1 2/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kě lè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khaX › ‹ lak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʰˁaʔ/ /*ˁawk/
English may; acceptable joy; enjoy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 可 樂
Reading # 1/1 2/3
No. 7446 7673
Phonetic
component 		可 樂
Rime
group 		歌 藥
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		可 落
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰaːlʔ/ /*raːwɢ/

Adjective

可樂

  1. funny; amusing; entertaining
  2. to evoke joy or happiness
    Antonym: 可哀 (kě'āi)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English cola. For Taiwanese Hakka (khó-là) and Hokkien (khò͘-lah), likely via Japanese コーラ (kōra).

Pronunciation

Noun

可樂

  1. cola, including coke and pepsi (kind of soft drink)
    零糖可樂／零糖可乐  ―  língtáng kělè  ―  Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero Sugar, etc.
  2. (colloquial, slang) cocaine; coke
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 可樂 (“cola; coke (soft drink)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 可樂
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 可樂兒
Taiwan 可樂
Southwestern Mandarin Liuzhou 可樂
Cantonese Hong Kong 可樂
Taishan 可樂
Southern Min Xiamen 可樂
Dialectal synonyms of 可卡因 (“cocaine”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 可卡因, 古柯鹼
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 古柯鹼
Cantonese Hong Kong 可卡因, 可樂, cocaine
Derived terms
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