色拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (色拉)		色	拉

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English salad, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sèlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ laai¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷saq-laq; ⁷seq-laq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sèlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sèla
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴-la¹
    • Yale: sè-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sehlha
    • Palladius: сэла (sɛla)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ laai¹
    • Yale: sīk lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷saq-laq; ⁷seq-laq
    • MiniDict: sah^入 lah; seh^入 lah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴saq-laq; ⁴seq-laq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /saʔ³³ laʔ⁴⁴/, /səʔ³³ laʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

色拉

1. (chiefly Mainland China) salad

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沙拉 (“salad”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	沙拉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沙律
	Hong Kong	沙律
	Dongguan	沙律
Hakka	Meixian	沙律
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	沙律
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	沙律
	Shantou	沙拉
Wu	Shanghai	色拉

Derived terms

• 水果色拉 (shuǐguǒ sèlā)
• 色拉油 (sèlāyóu)
• 色拉醬／色拉酱

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sèlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sèlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sèla
    • Wade–Giles: Sê⁴-la¹
    • Yale: Sè-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sehlha
    • Palladius: Сэла (Sɛla)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ laai¹
    • Yale: sīk lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

色拉

1. (～鄉) Sela (a township in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)