馬打

See also: 马打

Chinese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mata-mata (“police”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎdǎ, mǎdá

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˇ, ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa³ daa¹, maa⁵ daa¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): má-tâ / mā-tà

(Teochew, Peng'im): ma¹ da⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎdǎ [Phonetic: mádǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎdǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-ta³
  - Yale: mǎ-dǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maadaa
  - Palladius: мада (mada)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎdá
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎdá
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-ta²
  - Yale: mǎ-dá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maadar
  - Palladius: мада (mada)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa³ daa¹, maa⁵ daa¹
  - Yale: ma dā, máh dā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa³ daa¹, maa⁵ daa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma³ da¹, ma⁵ da¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː³³ taː⁵⁵/, /maː¹³ taː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-tâ
  - Tâi-lô: má-tâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mafdaa
  - IPA (Singapore): /ma⁴²⁻²⁴ ta²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ta²⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /ma⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ta²³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mā-tà
  - Tâi-lô: mā-tà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maxdax
  - IPA (Penang): /ma²¹ ta²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ma¹ da⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma tă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³⁻²³ ta³⁵/

Noun

馬打

(Singapore, Malaysia, chiefly dialectal; dated in Xiamen Hokkien) police; police officer
- 駕車又驚馬達追，驚會抓去吹口哨 [Hokkien, trad.]
  驾车又惊马达追，惊会抓去吹口哨 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2004, 黃一飛與喵喵組合, 搖來搖去
  hōaⁿ-chhia iū kiaⁿ má-tâ tui, kiaⁿ ē lia̍h khì pûn pi-pi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  When driving, I'm afraid that the police will chase after me, that they will catch me and blow their whistles.
- 馬打便招了你老弟去問問作作記錄好交差。 [MSC, trad.]
  马打便招了你老弟去问问作作记录好交差。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2010 September 6, 敦符国荣博士 (Tun Dr Foo Kok Yong), 黄明志老弟，你是可以的。
  Mǎdǎ biàn zhāo le nǐ lǎodì qù wènwèn zuòzuò jìlù hǎo jiāochāi. [Pinyin]
  So the police beckoned your younger brother for interrogation so that he could get a record to report on.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Descendants

→ Thai: หมาต๋า (mǎa-dtǎa)

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