咕喱

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (咕喱)		咕	喱
alternative forms		咕哩

Etymology

Borrowed from English coolie. Compare Mandarin 苦力 (kǔlì, “coolie”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ lei¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gu¹ li⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ lei¹
    • Yale: gū lēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ lei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ léi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ lei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu¹ li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ku lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³⁻²³ li⁵⁵/

Noun

咕喱

1. (Cantonese, Teochew, derogatory) coolie; laborer

Synonyms

• 苦力 (kǔlì)