叻

See also: 加 and 另
叻 U+53FB, 叻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53FB
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[U+53FA] 		CJK Unified IdeographsCategory:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000021499 叼 →
[U+53FC]
Category:Han script characters#%20

Translingual

Han character

叻Category:Translingual lemmas#口02叻Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#口02叻Category:Translingual symbols#口02叻Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#口02叻Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#口02叻Category:Pages with entries#叻Category:Pages with 4 entries#叻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 口大尸 (RKS) or 難口大尸 (XRKS), four-corner 64027, composition ⿰口力)Category:Han char with multiple canjCategory:Han script characters#口02叻

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 174, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3269
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 575, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+53FB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#口02: semantic 口 (“mouth; colloquial”) + phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ)Category:Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#叻.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 叻
alternative forms
嚦／呖
㔹 rare
頔／𬱖 rare
犖／荦 rare
𥌮 rare
嚦／呖
㔹 rare
頔／𬱖 rare
犖／荦 rare
𥌮 rare
𢤩 rare
 

UncertainCategory:Chinese terms with unknown etymologies#口02. Various theories exist:

  • From 㔹 (MC lok, “having the talent and power of ten people”).
  • From 頔 (MC dek, “good”).
  • From 犖 (MC laewk), as in 犖犖 (MC laewk laewk, “clear; evident”), 卓犖 (MC traewk laewk, “outstanding; extraordinary”).
  • From 𥌮 (MC lek), as in 𥌮𥉶 (MC lek luwk, “to see clearly”).

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#口02Category:Cantonese lemmas#口02Category:Taishanese lemmas#口02Category:Hakka lemmas#口02Category:Teochew lemmas#口02Category:Chinese hanzi#口02Category:Cantonese hanzi#口02Category:Taishanese hanzi#口02Category:Hakka hanzi#口02Category:Teochew hanzi#口02Category:Chinese adjectives#口02Category:Cantonese adjectives#口02Category:Taishanese adjectives#口02Category:Hakka adjectives#口02Category:Teochew adjectives#口02Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#口02Category:Chinese terms spelled with 叻#口02

Definitions

叻Category:Chinese lemmas#口02Category:Chinese hanzi#口02Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#口02Category:Pages with entries#叻Category:Pages with 4 entries#叻

  1. (CantoneseCategory:Cantonese Chinese#口02, HakkaCategory:Hakka Chinese#口02, TeochewCategory:Teochew Chinese#口02) smart; clever; capable; good (at something)
    佢好叻㗎。 [Cantonese]  ―  keoi5 hou2 lek1 gaa3. [Jyutping]  ―  He/she is really smart.Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
    佢唱歌好叻㗎。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    keoi5 coeng3 go1 hou2 lek1 gaa3. [Jyutping]
    He/she is good at singing.
    Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
    又叻又勤力 [Cantonese]  ―  jau6 lek1 jau6 kan4 lik6 [Jyutping]  ―  smart and hard-workingCategory:Cantonese terms with usage examples
    讀書又唔見你咁叻 [Cantonese, trad.]
    读书又唔见你咁叻 [Cantonese, simp.]
    duk6 syu1 jau6 m4 gin3 nei5 gam3 lek1 [Jyutping]
    (retort) if only you could focus these smarts into studying
    (literally, “yet I do not see you be so smart when studying”)
    Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
    駁嘴你就叻／驳嘴你就叻 [Cantonese]  ―  bok3 zeoi2 nei5 zau6 lek1 [Jyutping]  ―  (retort) good at talking back [but not at other things, i.e. studying]Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
  2. (TeochewCategory:Teochew Chinese#口02) good
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 叻
《叻報》: Lat Pau, a discontinued Singaporean newspaper

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#口02Category:Mandarin lemmas#口02Category:Cantonese lemmas#口02Category:Hokkien lemmas#口02Category:Teochew lemmas#口02Category:Chinese hanzi#口02Category:Mandarin hanzi#口02Category:Cantonese hanzi#口02Category:Hokkien hanzi#口02Category:Teochew hanzi#口02Category:Chinese proper nouns#口02Category:Mandarin proper nouns#口02Category:Cantonese proper nouns#口02Category:Hokkien proper nouns#口02Category:Teochew proper nouns#口02Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#口02Category:Chinese terms spelled with 叻#口02

Definitions

叻Category:Chinese lemmas#口02Category:Chinese hanzi#口02Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#口02Category:Pages with entries#叻Category:Pages with 4 entries#叻

  1. short for 石叻 (Shílè, “Singapore”)Category:Chinese short forms

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 叻

Pronunciation

Category:zh-pron usage missing POSCategory:Chinese lemmas#口02Category:Mandarin lemmas#口02Category:Cantonese lemmas#口02Category:Teochew lemmas#口02Category:Chinese hanzi#口02Category:Mandarin hanzi#口02Category:Cantonese hanzi#口02Category:Teochew hanzi#口02Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#口02Category:Chinese terms spelled with 叻#口02

Definitions

叻Category:Chinese lemmas#口02Category:Chinese hanzi#口02Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#口02Category:Pages with entries#叻Category:Pages with 4 entries#叻

  1. Used in transcription (chiefly Southeast Asian place names transcribed into Hokkien or Teochew).
    呵叻 [Teochew]  ―  ho1 lag8 [Peng'im]  ―  Khorat (alternate name of Nakhon Ratchasima)Category:Teochew terms with usage examples
    那空是貪瑪叻 [Teochew, trad.]
    那空是贪玛叻 [Teochew, simp.]
    na2 kong1 si6 tam1 ma2 lag8 [Peng'im]
    Nakhon Si Thammarat
    Category:Teochew terms with usage examples
    大叻  ―  Dàlè  ―  Đà LạtCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

Compounds

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#口02Category:Mandarin lemmas#口02Category:Chinese hanzi#口02Category:Mandarin hanzi#口02Category:Chinese particles#口02Category:Mandarin particles#口02Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#口02Category:Chinese terms spelled with 叻#口02

Definitions

叻Category:Chinese lemmas#口02Category:Chinese hanzi#口02Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#口02Category:Pages with entries#叻Category:Pages with 4 entries#叻

  1. (Internet slangCategory:Chinese internet slang#口02) alternative form of 了
    1. Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state.
    2. Used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action.

Japanese

Kanji

叻

(Hyōgai kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#口02Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#口02Category:Japanese hyōgai kanji#口02
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Readings

Vietnamese

Han character

叻: Hán Nôm readings: sựtCategory:Vietnamese Han characters with unconfirmed readings#口02 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

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