孟加拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (孟加拉)		孟	加	拉

Etymology

From Hokkien.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mèngjiālā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Men-kâ-lâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mâing-gă-lăk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bēng-ka-lá / Bēng-ka-la / Béng-ka-la / Bēng-kee-la
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶man-ka-la

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mèngjiālā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄚ
    • 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mâing-gă-lăk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛiŋ²⁴²⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋa⁵⁵ l̃aʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶man-ka-la
    • MiniDict: man^去 ka la
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³man-ka-la
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mã²² ka⁵⁵ la²¹/

Proper noun

孟加拉

1. Bengal (a region of South Asia)
2. (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

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) fool; idiot
2. (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