大陸喱

Chinese

		continent; landmass; mainland	grain weight
trad. (大陸喱)		大陸	喱
simp. (大陆喱)		大陆	喱
alternative forms		大陸哩／大陆哩

Etymology

喱 (lei1) may be from the second syllable of 咕喱 (gu1 lei1, “coolie”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ luk⁶ lei¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ luk⁶ lei¹
  - Yale: daaih luhk lēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ luk⁹ lei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lug⁶ léi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lʊk̚² lei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

大陸喱

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slur, derogatory) mainlander; person from mainland China

Synonyms

六喱
大劣人
蝗蟲／蝗虫 (huángchóng)
強國人／强国人 (qiángguórén)

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