叻

叻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口大尸 (RKS) or 難口大尸 (XRKS), four-corner 6402₇, composition ⿰口力)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 174, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3269
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 575, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53FB

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth; colloquial”) + phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ).

Uncertain. Various theories exist:

• From 㔹 (MC lok, “having the talent and power of ten people”).
• From 頔 (MC dek, “good”).
• From 犖 (MC laewk), as in 犖犖 (MC laewk laewk, “clear; evident”), 卓犖 (MC traewk laewk, “outstanding; extraordinary”).
• From 𥌮 (MC lek), as in 𥌮𥉶 (MC lek luwk, “to see clearly”).

叻

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) smart; clever; capable; good (at something)

   佢好叻㗎。 [Cantonese]  ―  keoi⁵ hou² lek¹ gaa³. [Jyutping]  ―  He/she is really smart.

   佢唱歌好叻㗎。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   keoi⁵ coeng³ go¹ hou² lek¹ gaa³. [Jyutping]

   He/she is good at singing.

   又叻又勤力 [Cantonese]  ―  jau⁶ lak⁶ jau⁶ kan⁴ lik⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  smart and hard-working

   讀書又唔見你咁叻 [Cantonese, trad.]
   读书又唔见你咁叻 [Cantonese, simp.]

   duk⁶ syu¹ jau⁶ m⁴ gin³ nei⁵ gam³ lak⁶ [Jyutping]

   (retort) if only you could focus these smarts into studying (lit. "yet I do not see you be so smart when studying")

   駁嘴你就叻／驳嘴你就叻 [Cantonese]  ―  bok³ zeoi² nei⁵ zau⁶ lak⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  (retort) good at talking back [but not at other things, i.e. studying]

2. (Teochew) good

叻

1. short for 石叻 (Shílè, “Singapore”)
   • 1894, G. T. Hare, editor, A Text Book of Documentary Chinese: Selected and Designed for the Special Use of Members of the Civil Service of the Straits Settlements, volume I, Singapore, page 109:

     大英國特授叻嶼呷三州府華民政務司 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大英国特授叻屿呷三州府华民政务司 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Dàyīngguó tè shòu Lè Yǔ Xiā sān zhōufǔ huámín zhèngwù sī [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

叻

1. Used in transcription (chiefly Southeast Asian place names transcribed into Hokkien or Teochew).

   呵叻 [Teochew]  ―  ho¹ lag⁸ [Peng'im]  ―  Khorat (alternate name of Nakhon Ratchasima)

   那空是貪瑪叻 [Teochew, trad.]
   那空是贪玛叻 [Teochew, simp.]

   na² kong¹ si⁶ tam¹ ma² lag⁸ [Peng'im]

   Nakhon Si Thammarat

   大叻  ―  Dàlè  ―  Đà Lạt

叻

1. (Internet slang) alternative form of 了
   1. Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state.
   2. Used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): ろく (roku)、りょく (ryoku)

叻: Hán Nôm readings: sựt

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