阿拉

Chinese

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Etymology 1

Originally Ningbonese. Due to an influx of migrants from Ningbo to Shanghai, this has supplanted the original Shanghainese 我伲 or 伲.

阿 is from 我 (MC ngaX, “I; me”). 拉 is a plural marker, also seen in 伊拉 (“they; them”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ālā

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ laa¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁷aq-laq; ⁷aq-la

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ālā
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ala
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-la¹
  - Yale: ā-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: alha
  - Palladius: ала (ala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ laa¹
  - Yale: a lā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ laa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ la¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ laː⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁷aq-laq; ⁷aq-la
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁴aq-laq; ⁴aq-la
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ³³ laʔ⁴⁴/, /aʔ³³ la⁴⁴/

Pronoun

阿拉 (chiefly Wu, including Ningbonese, Shanghainese Wu)

we; us
阿拉上海人是吃咖啡長大個。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
阿拉上海人是吃咖啡长大个。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁷aq-la ⁶zaon-he-gnin ⁶zy ⁷chiq ¹kha-fi ⁵tsan ⁶du ⁰gheq [Wugniu]
We Shanghainese grew up drinking coffee.

阿拉兩個人是好朋友。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
阿拉两个人是好朋友。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁷aq-laq ⁶lian-geq-gnin ⁶zy ⁵hau-ban-yeu [Wugniu]
The two of us are good friends.
I; me
儂勿講道理，阿拉勿睬儂！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
侬勿讲道理，阿拉勿睬侬！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁶non ⁸veq-kaon ⁶dau-li ⁷aq-laq ⁸veq-tshe ⁶non [Wugniu]
You are being unreasonable; I’m not talking to you anymore. [girl, cute-sounding]
- 1976, “追求三部曲”, performed by 許冠傑:
  
  實在阿拉面懵兼心精 [Cantonese, trad.]
  实在阿拉面懵兼心精 [Cantonese, simp.]
  sat⁶ zoi⁶ aa³ laa¹ min⁶ mung² gim¹ sam¹ zeng¹ [Jyutping]
  Frankly I was playing the fool
- 2022 April 25, ““阿拉是上海女儿！”来自邵阿姨的守护”, in 人民网 [People's Daily]‎:
  
  「阿拉是上海女兒！我要展示真實的上海」 [MSC, trad.]
  “阿拉是上海女儿！我要展示真实的上海” [MSC, simp.]
  “Ālā shì Shànghǎi nǚ'ér! Wǒ yào zhǎnshì zhēnshí de Shànghǎi” [Pinyin]
  "I'm a Shanghainese woman! I want to display the true Shanghai"
  
  「阿拉從小生在上海，後來移居澳門，在外住了四十年。[…[[#Chinese|]]]」 [MSC, trad.]
  “阿拉从小生在上海，后来移居澳门，在外住了四十年。[…[[#Chinese|]]]” [MSC, simp.]
  “Ālā cóngxiǎo shēng zài Shànghǎi, hòulái yíjū Àomén, zàiwài zhù le sìshí nián. [... ]” [Pinyin]
  "From youth I was born in Shanghai. Later I moved to Macau, and lived there for 40 years."

Synonyms

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Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه‎ (allāh).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ālā

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ laa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Â-lâ / A-la
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): A-la / A-la̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ālā
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ala
  - Wade–Giles: A¹-la¹
  - Yale: Ā-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Alha
  - Palladius: Ала (Ala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ laa¹
  - Yale: a lā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ laa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ la¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ laː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Â-lâ / A-la
  - Hakka Romanization System: a´ la´ / a la
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ la¹ / a⁴ la⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ la²⁴/, /a⁵⁵ la⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-la
  - Tâi-lô: A-la
  - Phofsit Daibuun: alaf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-la̍h
  - Tâi-lô: A-la̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: alah
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ laʔ⁴/

Proper noun

阿拉

Allah

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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