考拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (考拉)		考	拉

Etymology

From English koala.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎolā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎolā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎola
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao³-la¹
    • Yale: kǎu-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaolha
    • Palladius: каола (kaola)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau² laai¹
    • Yale: háau lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau² laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao² lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

考拉

1. (Mainland China) koala (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 樹袋熊 (“koala”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樹袋熊, 無尾熊, 考拉 Mainland China
Taxonomic name		樹袋熊, 無尾熊
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	無尾熊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	樹熊
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無尾熊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無尾熊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無尾熊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無尾熊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無尾熊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無尾熊
Southern Min	Taipei	無尾熊 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)