馬打寮

See also: 马打寮

Chinese

		police; police officer	Laos; fellow-official; hut
trad. (馬打寮)		馬打	寮
simp. (马打寮)		马打	寮
alternative forms		馬達寮／马达寮

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mata-mata + 寮 (liáo), partial calque of Malay balai mata-mata (“police station”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa³ daa¹ liu^4-2 / maa⁵ daa¹ liu^4-2
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ma¹ da⁶ liao⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa³ daa¹ liu^4-2 / maa⁵ daa¹ liu^4-2
    • Yale: ma dā líu / máh dā líu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa³ daa¹ liu^4-2 / maa⁵ daa¹ liu^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma³ da¹ liu^4-2 / ma⁵ da¹ liu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː³³ taː⁵⁵ liːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /maː¹³ taː⁵⁵ liːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ma¹ da⁶ liao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma tă liâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³⁻²³ ta³⁵⁻¹¹ liau⁵⁵/

Noun

馬打寮

1. (Singapore Cantonese and Malaysian Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) police station
   • (Can we date this quote?), “見人講鬼話”‎^[1]performed by 張少林 [Chong Sau Lin]:

     報案自家入馬打寮　樣樣都唔怕 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad.]
     报案自家入马打寮　样样都唔怕 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, simp.]

     To report a crime, they enter a police station on their own, and they are not afraid of anything

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 警察局 (“police station”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		警察局, 警局, 公安局 Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	警察局, 警局
	Malaysia	警察局
	Singapore	警察局
Cantonese	Guangzhou	警察局, 警局
	Hong Kong	差館, 警署, 警局, 差局, 狗屋 derogatory
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	馬打寮
	Penang (Guangfu)	馬打寮
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	馬打寮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	馬打寮
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	警察局
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	警察局
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	警察局
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	警察局, 巡查局
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	警察局
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	巡查局
	Senai (Huiyang)	馬打寮
Southern Min	Tainan	警察局
	Penang (Hokkien)	balai, 馬打厝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	馬打厝
	Manila (Hokkien)	兵局, 警察局
	Puning	公安局
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	馬打寮, 馬打厝
	Penang (Teochew)	馬打厝
	Singapore (Teochew)	馬打厝