給葡拿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (給葡拿)		給	葡	拿
simp. (给葡拿)		给	葡	拿
alternative forms		給蒲拿／给蒲拿吸蒲拿

Etymology

Borrowed from English coupler.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ pou⁴ laa⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kap¹ pou⁴ laa⁴
  - Yale: kāp pòuh làh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ pou⁴ laa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ pou⁴ la⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ pʰou̯²¹ laː²¹/

Noun

給葡拿

(Cantonese, construction cant) coupler
- 2002-2003, 優質工序系列 [Quality field practices]‎^[1], 香港房屋協會 [Hong Kong Housing Society], volume 1:
  
  如果要用給葡拿嚟做駁鐵方法，又或者要喺石屎收口位置度留收口鐵嘅話，要點呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
  如果要用给葡拿嚟做驳铁方法，又或者要喺石屎收口位置度留收口铁嘅话，要点呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
  jyu⁴ gwo² jiu³ jung⁶ kap¹ pou⁴ laa⁴ lai⁴ zou⁶ bok³ tit³ fong¹ faat³, jau⁶ waak⁶ ze² jiu³ hai² sek⁶ si² sau¹ hau² wai⁶ zi³ dou⁶ lau⁴ sau¹ hau² tit³ ge³ waa^6-2, jiu³ dim² aa³? [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)