臘鴨

Chinese

		12th month of Chinese calendar; preserved (meat)	duck
trad. (臘鴨)		臘	鴨
simp. (腊鸭)		腊	鸭

Etymology

“rubbish”

Near-homophonic pun of 垃圾 (laap⁶ saap³). Popularized through the film My Life as McDull.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ aap^3-2, laap⁶ aap³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lab⁶ ab⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lah⁴ ah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làya
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴-ya¹
    • Yale: là-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahia
    • Palladius: лая (laja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laap⁶ aap^3-2, laap⁶ aap³
    • Yale: laahp áap, laahp aap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ aap^8-2, laap⁹ aap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ ab^3-2, lab⁶ ab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² aːp̚³⁻³⁵/, /laːp̚² aːp̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lab⁶ ab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lap̚⁵ ap̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lah⁴ ah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lah ah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laʔ²⁻⁴ aʔ²/

Noun

臘鴨

1. dried preserved duck
2. (Cantonese, humorous) rubbish; trash

Derived terms

• 冬前臘鴨——隻攋隻／冬前腊鸭——只𪮶只
• 吊臘鴨／吊腊鸭
• 掛臘鴨／挂腊鸭