馬拉

Chinese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

馬拉

1. (Cantonese, attributive) Malay
2. (Cantonese, often attributive) Malaysia

   • 馬拉好玩駛唔多　馬拉多女多帥哥　最正係我 [Cantonese, trad.]
     马拉好玩驶唔多　马拉多女多帅哥　最正系我 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 杜汶澤 (Chapman To) and 黃明志 (Namewee), 《走佬去馬拉》 (Pick Me Up to Malaysia)

     maa⁵ laai¹ hou² waan^4-2 sai² m⁴ do¹, maa⁵ laai¹ do¹ neoi^5-2 do¹ seoi³ go¹, zeoi³ zeng³ hai⁶ ngo⁵

     You don't need much to have fun in Malaysia; there are lots of girls and handsome guys in Malaysia, the best is I

Usage notes

Some people outside Malaysia or Singapore may incorrectly use this term to refer to the country Malaysia. Such usage is generally frowned upon by Malaysian Chinese because Malaysia is an ethnically diverse country and Malays are only one of the ethnic groups in the country. Therefore, usage of this term to refer to the whole country is deprecated.

Synonyms

• (Malay): 馬來／马来 (Mǎlái)

Derived terms