坷垃

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (坷垃)		坷	垃

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kēlā, kēle

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜㄌㄚ, ㄎㄜ ˙ㄌㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kēlā → kēla (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜㄌㄚ → ㄎㄜ ˙ㄌㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kelå
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-la⁵
  - Yale: kē-la
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke.lha
  - Palladius: кэла (kɛla)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵⁵ lä²/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kēle
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ˙ㄌㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kele̊
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-lê⁵
  - Yale: kē-le
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke.le
  - Palladius: кэлэ (kɛlɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ lə²/

Noun

坷垃

(dialectal Mandarin, Jin) clod; lump of earth

Usage notes

A dialectal word found in almost all varieties of Chinese north of the Huai River.

Derived terms

土坷垃 (tǔkělā)

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