拖拉機

拖拉機

See also: 拖拉机

Chinese

		to pull; to drag; slow to pull; to drag; slow; sluggish	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (拖拉機)		拖拉	機
simp. (拖拉机)		拖拉	机

Etymology

拖拉 (tuōlā) is a phono-semantic matching of English tractor.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōlājī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄚ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ laai¹ gei¹
• Min Nan (POJ): thoa-la-ki / tho-la-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tuōlājī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄚ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuolhaji
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuolaji
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰwɔ⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: to¹ laai¹ gei¹
    • Yale: tō lāai gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ laai¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: to¹ lai¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ läːi̯⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-la-ki
    • Tâi-lô: thua-la-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toala'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ la³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho-la-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tho-la-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toila'ky
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/

Noun

拖拉機

1. tractor (Classifier: 臺／台)

Descendants

• → Burmese: ထော်​လာဂျီ (htau​lagyi)