大陸喱

Chinese

		continent; landmass; mainland	grain weight
trad. (大陸喱)		大陸	喱
simp. (大陆喱)		大陆	喱
alternative forms		大陸哩／大陆哩

Etymology

喱 (lei1) may be from the second syllable of 咕喱 (gu1 lei1, “coolie”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ luk⁶ lei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ luk⁶ lei¹
    • Yale: daaih luhk lēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ luk⁹ lei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lug⁶ léi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lʊk̚² lei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

大陸喱

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slur, derogatory) mainlander; person from mainland China

Synonyms

• 六喱

• 26 (Taiwanese Mandarin, Internet slang)
• 內地人／内地人 (nèidìrén) (chiefly mainland Chinese, Hong Kong)
• 唐山人 (tángshānrén) (Taiwan, Philippines, chiefly Min Nan)
• 外省人 (wàishěngrén) (Taiwan)
• 大劣人 (Hong Kong, derogatory)
• 大陸人／大陆人 (dàlùrén)
• 大陸仔／大陆仔 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 強國人／强国人 (qiángguórén) (Hong Kong, sarcastic)
• 死阿陸／死阿陆 (sǐ'ālù) (Taiwan, derogatory)
• 滯臺中國人／滞台中国人 (zhì Tái zhōngguórén) (Taiwan, derogatory)
• 滯臺支那人／滞台支那人 (zhì Tái zhīnàrén) (Taiwan, offensive)
• 老芋仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory)
• 蝗蟲／蝗虫 (huángchóng) (Hong Kong, slang, derogatory, offensive)
• 長山仔／长山仔 (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory)
• 阿山 (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated)
• 阿山仔 (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory)
• 阿陸仔／阿陆仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien, offensive)