馬打
Chinese
phonetic | |||
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trad. (馬打) | 馬 | 打 | |
simp. (马打) | 马 | 打 | |
variant forms | 馬達/马达 |
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay mata-mata (“police”).
Pronunciation
Noun
馬打
- (Singapore, Malaysia) police; police officer
- 駕車又驚馬達追,驚會抓去吹口哨 [Min Nan, trad.]
- 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.
驾车又惊马达追,惊会抓去吹口哨 [Min Nan, simp.]- 馬打便招了你老弟去問問作作記錄好交差。 [MSC, trad.]
- 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.
马打便招了你老弟去问问作作记录好交差。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 警察 (“police; police officer”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words edit |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 警察, 警官, 警員 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 警察, 雷子 argot |
Taiwan | 警察 | |
Harbin | 警察 | |
Jinan | 警察 | |
Muping | 警察 | |
Luoyang | 警察 | |
Jiedian | 警察 | |
Xi'an | 警察 | |
Xuzhou | 警察 | |
Ürümqi | 警察 | |
Wuhan | 警察 | |
Chengdu | 警察 | |
Guiyang | 警察, 警士 dated, 警士先生 dated face-to-face, 貓菜 dated nickname | |
Liuzhou | 警察, 警伯 playful | |
Nanjing | 警察 | |
Malaysia | 馬打 | |
Singapore | 馬打 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 警察, 差人, 差佬 male |
Hong Kong | 警察, 差人, 阿Sir male, 差佬 male | |
Taishan | 警察 | |
Dongguan | 阿Sir, 差佬 | |
Kuala Lumpur | 馬打 | |
Gan | Lichuan | 警察 |
Hakka | Meixian | 警察 |
Yudu | 警察 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 警察 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 警察 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 警察 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 巡查, 警察 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 警察 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 巡查 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 警察 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 警察 |
Xinzhou | 警察, 小對子 dated | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 警察 |
Fuqing | 警察 | |
Matsu | 警察 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 警察, 烏跤 dated |
Quanzhou | 警察 | |
Zhangzhou | 警察, 烏跤 dated | |
Taipei | 大人 | |
Kaohsiung | 警察 | |
Tainan | 大人 | |
Taichung | 巡查 | |
Wuqi | 警察 | |
Hsinchu | 警察 | |
Lukang | 警察 | |
Yilan | 警察 | |
Magong | 大人 | |
Penang | 馬打 | |
Singapore | 馬打, 大狗 | |
Philippines (Manila) | 警察 | |
Haikou | 警察 | |
Pinghua | Nanning | 警察 |
Wu | Shanghai | 警察, 黑貓警長, 黑貓, 老貓 |
Suzhou | 警察 | |
Wenzhou | 警察 | |
Chongming | 警察 | |
Danyang | 警察 | |
Jinhua | 警察 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 警察 |
Loudi | 警察 |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- → Thai: หมาต๋า (mǎa-dtǎa)