可口可樂

See also: 可口可乐

Chinese

		delicious; delectable; tasty delicious; delectable; tasty; scrumptious; yummy	funny; amusing; entertaining funny; amusing; entertaining; to evoke joy or happiness
trad. (可口可樂)		可口	可樂
simp. (可口可乐)		可口	可乐
Literally: “palatable and enjoyable”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Coca-Cola.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kěkǒukělè

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² hau² ho² lok⁶
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ko² kao² ko² lag⁸
• Wu (Wiktionary): ²khu-kheu-khu-loq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kěkǒukělè [Phonetic: kékǒukělè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kěkǒukělè
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻo³-kʻou³-kʻo³-lê⁴
    • Yale: Kě-kǒu-kě-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Keekooukeeleh
    • Palladius: Кэкоукэлэ (Kɛkoukɛlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² hau² ho² lok⁶
    • Yale: hó háu hó lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² hau² ho² lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² heo² ho² log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ lɔːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ko² kao² ko² lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó kháu khó la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ lak̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ²khu-kheu-khu-loq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰv̩ʷ³³ kʰɜ⁵⁵ kʰv̩ʷ³³ lʊʔ²¹/

Proper noun

可口可樂

1. (trademark) Coca-Cola

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 蝌蝌啃蠟／蝌蝌啃蜡 (Kēkēkěnlà)

Noun

可口可樂

1. (Wu) words of blessing