咕喱

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (咕喱)		咕	喱
alternative forms		咕哩

Etymology

Borrowed from English coolie. Compare Mandarin 苦力 (kǔlì, “coolie”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ lei¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gu¹ li⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ lei¹
  - Yale: gū lēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ lei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ léi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ lei̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gu¹ li⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ku lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³⁻²³ li⁵⁵/

Noun

咕喱

(Cantonese, Teochew, derogatory) coolie; laborer

Synonyms

苦力 (kǔlì)

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