孟加拉

Chinese

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Etymology

From Hokkien.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mèngjiālā

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Men-kâ-lâ
Min Dong (BUC): Mâing-gă-lăk
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): Bēng-ka-lá / Bēng-ka-la / Béng-ka-la / Bēng-kee-la
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁶man-ka-la

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mèngjiālā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mèngjiala
  - Wade–Giles: Mêng⁴-chia¹-la¹
  - Yale: Mèng-jyā-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Menqjialha
  - Palladius: Мэнцзяла (Mɛnczjala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹
  - Yale: maahng gā lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mang⁶ ga¹ lai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Men-kâ-lâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: men ga´ la´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: men⁴ ga¹ la¹
  - Sinological IPA: /men⁵⁵ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ la²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Mâing-gă-lăk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛiŋ²⁴²⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋa⁵⁵ l̃aʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bēng-ka-lá
  - Tâi-lô: Bīng-ka-lá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexngkalar
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bēng-ka-la
  - Tâi-lô: Bīng-ka-la
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexngkalaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Béng-ka-la
  - Tâi-lô: Bíng-ka-la
  - Phofsit Daibuun: befngkalaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³ la³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bēng-kee-la
  - Tâi-lô: Bīng-kee-la
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁶man-ka-la
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ³man-ka-la
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mã²² ka⁵⁵ la²¹/

Proper noun

孟加拉

Bengal (a region of South Asia)
(chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia) Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Synonyms

(Bangladesh): (Mainland China) 孟加拉國／孟加拉国 (Mèngjiālāguó)

Derived terms

孟加拉人民共和國／孟加拉人民共和国 (Mèngjiālā Rénmín Gònghéguó)
孟加拉國／孟加拉国 (Mèngjiālāguó)
孟加拉灣／孟加拉湾 (Mèngjiālā Wān)
孟加拉虎 (mèngjiālāhǔ)
西孟加拉 (Xīmèngjiālā)

Noun

孟加拉

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) fool; idiot
(Hong Kong Cantonese) a drinking game whose song starts with the line 孟加拉呀孟加拉 (“Bangladesh, oh Bangladesh”)

References

Bolton, Kingsley; Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 276

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