馬拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (馬拉)		馬	拉
simp. (马拉)		马	拉

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ laai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ laai¹
  - Yale: máh lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ laai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

馬拉

(Cantonese, attributive) Malay
(Cantonese, often attributive, usage generally frowned upon by Malaysian Chinese) Malaysia
- 馬拉好玩駛唔多　馬拉多女多帥哥　最正係我 [Cantonese, trad.]
  马拉好玩驶唔多　马拉多女多帅哥　最正系我 [Cantonese, simp.]
  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 waan² sai² m⁴ do¹, maa⁵ laai¹ do¹ neoi^5-2 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

Synonyms

(Malay): 馬來／马来 (Mǎlái)

Dialectal synonyms of 馬來西亞 (“Malaysia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		馬來西亞
Mandarin	Taiwan	馬來西亞, 大馬, 馬國
	Malaysia	馬來西亞, 大馬
	Singapore	馬來西亞, 大馬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	馬來西亞, 大馬, 馬拉, 馬國
Min Dong	Manjung (Gutian)	馬來西亞, 馬來亞
Min Nan	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

Derived terms

馬拉人／马拉人
馬拉佬／马拉佬
馬拉文／马拉文

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