士叻

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (士叻)		士	叻

Etymology

Borrowed from English shellac.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ lek¹ / si⁶ lik¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): si⁴ lid⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): se⁷ lêg⁸

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ lek¹ / si⁶ lik¹
    • Yale: sih lēk / sih līk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ lek⁷ / si⁶ lik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ lég¹ / xi⁶ lig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² lɛːk̚⁵/, /siː²² lɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si⁴ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³ lit̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se⁷ lêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̄ le̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ¹¹ lek̚⁴/

Noun

士叻

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) shellac

Synonyms

• 紫膠／紫胶 (zǐjiāo)
• 蟲膠／虫胶 (chóngjiāo)