開麥拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (開麥拉)		開	麥	拉
simp. (开麦拉)		开	麦	拉
alternative forms		開麥啦／开麦啦

Etymology

Borrowed from English camera, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāimàilā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ mak⁶ laa¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khe-maq-la

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāimàilā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaimàila
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-mai⁴-la¹
    • Yale: kāi-mài-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaimaylha
    • Palladius: каймайла (kajmajla)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ mak⁶ laa¹
    • Yale: hōi mahk lā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ mak⁹ laa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ meg⁶ la¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ mɐk̚² laː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khe-maq-la
    • MiniDict: khe^平 mah la
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-maq-'la
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ maʔ³³ la²¹/

Noun

開麥拉

1. (somewhat dated) camera (especially as an interjection when shooting a film)