可口可樂

可口可樂

See also: 可口可乐

Chinese

		tasty; delicious	funny; amusing; entertaining funny; amusing; entertaining; cola
trad. (可口可樂)		可口	可樂
simp. (可口可乐)		可口	可乐
Literally: “palatable and enjoyable”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Coca-Cola.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kěkǒukělè

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² hau² ho² lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Kěkǒukělè [Phonetic: kékǒukělè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Keekooukeeleh
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² hau² ho² lok⁶
    • Yale: hó háu hó lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² hau² ho² lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² heo² ho² log⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ lɔːk̚²/

Proper noun

可口可樂

1. Coca-Cola

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 蝌蝌齦蠟／蝌蝌龈蜡