嘛哩嘛哩哄

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (嘛哩嘛哩哄)		嘛	哩	嘛	哩	哄
simp. #(嘛哩嘛哩哄)		嘛	哩	嘛	哩	哄
alternative forms		媽哩媽哩哄／妈哩妈哩哄

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa¹ li¹ maa¹ li¹ hung³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa¹ li¹ maa¹ li¹ hung³
    • Yale: mā lī mā lī hung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹ li¹ maa¹ li¹ hung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma¹ li¹ ma¹ li¹ hung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵ liː⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵ liː⁵⁵ hʊŋ³³/

Noun

嘛哩嘛哩哄

1. (Cantonese) abracadabra, hocus pocus