給葡拿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (給葡拿)		給	葡	拿
simp. (给葡拿)		给	葡	拿
alternative forms		給蒲拿／给蒲拿 吸蒲拿

Etymology

Borrowed from English coupler.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ pou⁴ laa⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ pou⁴ laa⁴
    • Yale: kāp pòuh làh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ pou⁴ laa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ pou⁴ la⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ pʰou̯²¹ laː²¹/

Noun

給葡拿

1. (Cantonese, construction cant) coupler
   • 2002-2003, 優質工序系列 [Quality field practices], 香港房屋協會, Volume 1:

     如果要用給葡拿嚟做駁鐵方法，又或者要喺石屎收口位置度留收口鐵嘅話，要點呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     如果要用给葡拿嚟做驳铁方法，又或者要喺石屎收口位置度留收口铁嘅话，要点呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     jyu⁴ gwo² jiu³ jung⁶ kap¹ pou⁴ laa⁴ lai⁴ zou⁶ bok³ tit³ fong¹ faat³, jau⁶ waak⁶ ze² jiu³ hai² sek⁶ si² sau¹ hau² wai⁶ zi³ dou⁶ lau⁴ sau¹ hau² tit³ ge³ waa^6-2, jiu³ dim² aa⁶? [Jyutping]

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