烏哩馬叉

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	mile; (part. for continued state); (onomat.)	horse; surname	to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect
trad. (烏哩馬叉)		烏	哩	馬	叉
simp. (乌哩马叉)		乌	哩	马	叉

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ lei¹ maa⁵ caa⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ lei¹ maa⁵ caa⁵
    • Yale: wū lēi máh cháh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ lei¹ maa⁵ tsaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ léi¹ ma⁵ ca⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lei̯⁵⁵ maː¹³ t͡sʰaː¹³/

Adjective

烏哩馬叉

1. (Cantonese) messy; untidy
   • 1999, “Good Time”, performed by Beyond:

     通宵的喧嘩 很吸引吧／你不想歸家 只想逛吓／你high到聲沙 烏哩馬叉／你跟佢響旺角 兜到出沙頭角 [Cantonese, trad.]
     通宵的喧哗 很吸引吧／你不想归家 只想逛吓／你high到声沙 乌哩马叉／你跟佢响旺角 兜到出沙头角 [Cantonese, simp.]

     tung¹ siu¹ dik¹ hyun¹ waa¹ han² kap¹ jan⁵ baa⁶ ／ nei⁵ bat¹ soeng² gwai¹ gaa¹ zi² soeng² kwaang³ haa² ／ nei⁵ haai¹ dou³ seng¹ saa¹ wu¹ lei¹ maa⁵ caa⁵ ／ nei⁵ gan¹ keoi⁵ hoeng² wong⁶ gok³ dau¹ dou³ ceot¹ saa¹ tau⁴ gok³ [Jyutping]

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Related terms

• 烏哩單刀／乌哩单刀