咕喱
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (咕喱) |
咕 | 喱 | |
| alternative forms | 咕哩 | ||
Etymology
Borrowed from English coolie. Compare Mandarin 苦力 (kǔlì, “coolie”).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gu1 lei1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): gu2 lei2
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gu1 li5
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gu1 lei1
- Yale: gū lēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gu1 lei1
- Guangdong Romanization: gu1 léi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuː⁵⁵ lei̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gu2 lei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵⁵ lei⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gu1 li5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ku lî
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku³³⁻²³ li⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Noun
咕喱
Synonyms
- 苦力 (kǔlì)