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克拉

克拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (克拉)		克	拉

Noun

克拉

carat

Etymology

Borrowing from English carat.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kèlā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ laai¹
Min Nan (POJ): khah-lah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kèlā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehlha
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ la̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ laai¹
  - Yale: hāk lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ laai¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ lɑːi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah-lah
  - Tâi-lô: khah-lah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qahlaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa(ʔ)⁵ laʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ laʔ³²/