阿里加多

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿里加多)		阿	里	加	多
simp. #(阿里加多)		阿	里	加	多
alternative forms		阿哩嘎哆

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ありがとう (arigatō, “thank you”).

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): à-li-ka-tó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-lí-gá-to͘h

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: à-li-ka-tó
    • Hakka Romanization System: aˇ li ga do`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a² li⁴ ga⁴ do³
    • Sinological IPA: /a¹¹ li⁵⁵ ka⁵⁵ to³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-lí-gá-to͘h
    • Tâi-lô: a-lí-gá-tooh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aly'gafdoq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔʔ³²/

Interjection

阿里加多

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, uncommon) thanks; thank you; arigato
   • 2013, 郭之儀 (lyrics and music), “阿里加多”‎^[1]performed by 許富凱 [Henry Hsu]:

     多情的雨　ありがとう(阿里加多) [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     to-chêng ê hō͘, a-lí-gá-to͘h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017, “我是香蕉 [Life Is Like A Banana]”, 姚小民 (lyrics), 蕭煌奇 [Ricky Hsiao] (music)‎^[2]performed by 蕭煌奇 [Ricky Hsiao]:

     有人嫌我　有人愛我　我都阿哩嘎哆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     有人嫌我　有人爱我　我都阿哩嘎哆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     ū lâng hiâm góa, ū lâng ài góa, góa lóng a-lí-gá-to͘h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有勞, 感謝, 感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝謝, 多謝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Malaysia	謝謝
	Singapore	謝謝
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝, рахмат
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Yangjiang	無該, 多謝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝, 恁仔細 §
	Xingning	多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	承蒙, 恁仔細
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	感謝, 多謝, 承蒙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	感謝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
	Hong Kong	多謝
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	多謝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	謝謝, 起動
	Fuqing	多謝
	Matsu	謝謝, 多謝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝謝, 起動
Southern Min	Xiamen	感謝, 多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 感謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhao'an	多謝, 感謝
	Taipei	多謝, 勞力
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	勞力, 多謝, 阿里加多
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	勞力, 謝謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Yilan (Luodong)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan (Toucheng)	勞力, 多謝
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝, 勞力
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Tainan (Anping)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	勞力, 多謝
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝, 費神, 多謝
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝, 感謝
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝
	Leizhou	無該
	Wenchang	無該, 謝謝
	Haikou	無該, 謝謝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無該
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Sanxiang	唔該, 多謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
	Ningbo	謝謝儂, 交關感謝
	Wenzhou	謝謝你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift