茄哩啡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (茄哩啡)		茄	哩	啡
simp. #(茄哩啡)		茄	哩	啡
alternative forms		茄喱啡 咖哩啡 咖喱啡

Etymology

Borrowed from English carefree.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke¹ le¹ fe¹ / ke¹ le¹ fei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ke¹ le¹ fe¹ / ke¹ le¹ fei¹
    • Yale: kē lē fē / kē lē fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke¹ le¹ fe¹ / ke¹ le¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké¹ lé¹ fé¹ / ké¹ lé¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː⁵⁵ lɛː⁵⁵ fɛː⁵⁵/, /kʰɛː⁵⁵ lɛː⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

茄哩啡 (Cantonese)

1. extra (person engaged temporarily to fill out a crowd scene in a film or play)
2. (figuratively) one who is unimportant or insignificant

Synonyms

• 臨時演員／临时演员 (línshí yǎnyuán), 群眾演員／群众演员 (qúnzhòng yǎnyuán), 臨記／临记, 路人甲 (lùrénjiǎ)