馬拉
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (馬拉) | 馬 | 拉 | |
| simp. (马拉) | 马 | 拉 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa5 laai1
- Yale: máh lāai
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa5 laai1
- Guangdong Romanization: ma5 lai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
馬拉
- (Cantonese, attributive) Malay
- (Cantonese, often attributive) Malaysia (a country in Asia)
- 馬拉好玩駛唔多 馬拉多女多帥哥 最正係我 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2019, 杜汶澤 (Chapman To) and 黃明志 (Namewee), 《走佬去馬拉》 (Pick Me Up to Malaysia)
- maa5 laai1 hou2 waan4-2 sai2 m4 do1, maa5 laai1 do1 neoi5-2 do1 seoi3 go1, zeoi3 zeng3 hai6 ngo5 [Jyutping]
- You don't need much to have fun in Malaysia; there are lots of girls and handsome guys in Malaysia, the best is I
马拉好玩驶唔多 马拉多女多帅哥 最正系我 [Cantonese, simp.]
Usage notes
Some people outside Malaysia or Singapore may incorrectly use this term to refer to the country Malaysia. Such usage is generally frowned upon by Malaysian Chinese because Malaysia is an ethnically diverse country and Malays are only one of the ethnic groups in the country. Therefore, usage of this term to refer to the whole country is deprecated.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 馬來西亞 (“Malaysia”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬來西亞 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬來西亞, 大馬, 馬國 |
| Malaysia | 馬來西亞, 大馬 | |
| Singapore | 馬來西亞, 聯邦, 州府, 馬國, 大馬 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬來西亞, 大馬, 馬拉, 馬國 |
| Macau | 馬拉 | |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 馬來西亞, 馬來亞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 馬來西亞 |
| Quanzhou | 馬來西亞 | |
| Zhangzhou | 馬來西亞 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 馬來西亞 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 馬來西亞, 州府 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 馬來西亞 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 馬來西亞, 聯邦, 州府, 馬來亞 | |
| Wenchang | 馬來西亞 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 馬來西亞 |