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可樂

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See also: 可乐

Chinese

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can; may; able to
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
 
music; happy; laugh
music; happy; laugh; cheerful
 
trad. (可樂)
simp. (可乐)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial () (29) (37)
Final () (94) (103)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter khaX lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaX/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰɑX/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho2 lok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ khaX › ‹ lak ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/ /*[r]ˁawk/
English may; acceptable joy; enjoy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3
No. 7446 7673
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːlʔ/ /*raːwɢ/

Adjective

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可樂

  1. funny; amusing; entertaining
  2. to evoke joy or happiness
    Antonym: 可哀 (kě'āi)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Phono-semantic matching of English cola. For Taiwanese Hakka [script needed] (khó-là) and Hokkien [script needed] (khò͘-lah), likely via Japanese コーラ (kōra).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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可樂

  1. cola, including coke and pepsi (kind of soft drink)
    可樂可乐  ―  língtáng kělè  ―  Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero Sugar, etc.
  2. (colloquial, slang) cocaine; coke
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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