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咖哩

咖哩

See also: 咖喱

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (咖哩)		咖	哩
alt. forms		咖喱

Noun

咖哩

(chiefly Taiwan) curry

References

“Entry #3737”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Etymology

Borrowing from English curry, from Tamil கறி ‎(kaṟi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kālǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄚㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ lei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-lî
Min Nan (POJ): ka-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kālǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kalii
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa³ lei¹
  - Yale: ga lēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ lei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː³³ lei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga´ li´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ li¹
  - IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-lí
  - Tâi-lô: ka-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kalie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/