開麥拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (開麥拉)		開	麥	拉
simp. (开麦拉)		开	麦	拉
alternative forms		開麥啦／开麦啦

Etymology

Borrowed from English camera, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāimàilā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ mak⁶ laa¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe-maq-la

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāimàilā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaimàila
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-mai⁴-la¹
  - Yale: kāi-mài-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaimaylha
  - Palladius: каймайла (kajmajla)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ mak⁶ laa¹
  - Yale: hōi mahk lā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ mak⁹ laa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ meg⁶ la¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ mɐk̚² laː⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khe-maq-la
  - MiniDict: khe^平 mah la
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-maq-la
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ maʔ³³ la²¹/

Noun

開麥拉

(somewhat dated) camera (especially as an interjection when shooting a film)