山旮旯

Chinese

		mountain; hill	corner; remote or narrow place
simp. and trad. (山旮旯)		山	旮旯
alternative forms		山卡啦 山卡罅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāngālá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāngālá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shangalá
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-ka¹-la²
    • Yale: shān-gā-lá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangala
    • Palladius: шаньгала (šanʹgala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ kä⁵⁵ lä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāngālár
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shangalár
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-ka¹-la²-ʼrh
    • Yale: shān-gā-lár
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangalal
    • Palladius: шаньгалар (šanʹgalar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ kä⁵⁵ lɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹
    • Yale: sāan kā lā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ka¹ la¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ laː⁵⁵/

Noun

山旮旯

1. (regional, colloquial) remote mountain area
2. (Cantonese, by extension) remote place; backwoods

   • 住響山旮旯度，未見過大風浪，我住在海邊，見慣大風浪 [Cantonese, trad.]
     住响山旮旯度，未见过大风浪，我住在海边，见惯大风浪 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2012 November 21, 鄭治祖, 村民促放生僭建 發叔籲快申報, in 《文匯報》 (Wen Wei Po), page A23

     zyu⁶ hoeng² saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹ dou⁶, mei⁶ gin³ gwo³ daai⁶ fung¹ long⁶, ngo⁵ zyu⁶ zoi⁶ hoi² bin¹, gin³ gwaan³ daai⁶ fung¹ long⁶ [Jyutping]

     They live in the sticks and haven't seen "big waves". I live by the sea and see big waves every day.

Adjective

山旮旯

1. (Cantonese) remote; backwoods

   • 山旮旯的不丹多簡單　你說下次去玩 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     山旮旯的不丹多简单　你说下次去玩 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 馮允謙 (Jay Fung), lyrics by 王菀之 (Ivana Wong), 山旮旯

     saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹ dik¹ bat¹ daan¹ do¹ gaan² daan¹, nei⁵ syut³ haa⁶ ci³ heoi³ waan² [Jyutping]

     How simple is Bhutan in the middle of nowhere; you said we'll travel there next time