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Chinese
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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)
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可
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樂
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| simp. (可乐)
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可
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乐
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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可
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樂
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/4
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kě
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lè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khaX ›
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‹ lak ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʰˁaʔ/
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/*ˁawk/
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| English
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may; acceptable
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joy; enjoy
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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可
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樂
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/3
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| No.
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7446
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7673
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Phonetic
component
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可
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樂
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Rime
group
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歌
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藥
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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可
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落
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰaːlʔ/
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/*raːwɢ/
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Adjective
可樂
- funny; amusing; entertaining
- 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
- 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.
- (colloquial, slang) cocaine; coke
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
可樂 (“cola; coke (soft drink)”)
Dialectal synonyms of
可卡因 (“cocaine”)
Derived terms