色拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (色拉)		色	拉

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English salad, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sèlā

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ laai¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷saq-laq₈; ⁷seq-la₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sèlā
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sèla
  - Wade–Giles: sê⁴-la¹
  - Yale: sè-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sehlha
  - Palladius: сэла (sɛla)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ laai¹
  - Yale: sīk lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ laai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ lai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷saq-laq₈; ⁷seq-la₁
  - MiniDict: sah^入 lah^入; seh^入 'la^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴saq-laq₅; ⁴seq-la₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /saʔ³³ laʔ⁴⁴/, /səʔ³³ la⁴⁴/

Noun

色拉

(chiefly Mainland China) salad

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沙拉 (“salad”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	沙拉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沙律
	Hong Kong	沙律
	Dongguan	沙律
Hakka	Meixian	沙律
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	沙律
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	沙律
Southern Min	Shantou	沙拉
Wu	Shanghai	色拉

Derived terms

水果色拉 (shuǐguǒ sèlā)
色拉油 (sèlāyóu)
色拉醬 / 色拉酱

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tibetan གཟེ་ལ (gze la).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sèlā

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ laai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sèlā
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sèla
  - Wade–Giles: Sê⁴-la¹
  - Yale: Sè-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sehlha
  - Palladius: Сэла (Sɛla)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ laai¹
  - Yale: sīk lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ laai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ lai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

色拉

(～山口) Sela (a mountain pass in Tsona, Shannan, Tibet autonomous region, China, now controlled by India)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Tibetan སེ་ར (se ra).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sèlā

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ laai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sèlā
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sèla
  - Wade–Giles: Sê⁴-la¹
  - Yale: Sè-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sehlha
  - Palladius: Сэла (Sɛla)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ laai¹
  - Yale: sīk lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ laai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ lai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

色拉

(～寺) Sera Monastery (a lamasery in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, China)
(now historical) (～鄉) Sera (a township in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China), now Gatong (a town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)