坷垃

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (坷垃)		坷	垃

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēlā, kēle

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄌㄚ, ㄎㄜ ˙ㄌㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēlā → kēla (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄌㄚ → ㄎㄜ ˙ㄌㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kelå
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-la⁵
    • Yale: kē-la
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke.lha
    • Palladius: кэла (kɛla)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵⁵ lä²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēle
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kele̊
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-lê⁵
    • Yale: kē-le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke.le
    • Palladius: кэлэ (kɛlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ lə²/

Noun

坷垃

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) clod; lump of earth

Usage notes

A dialectal word found in almost all varieties of Chinese north of the Huai River.

Derived terms

• 土坷垃 (tǔkělā)