百家樂

Chinese

		many people; many households	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (百家樂)		百家	樂
simp. (百家乐)		百家	乐

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English baccarat, possibly via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎijiālè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ gaa¹ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎijiālè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎijialè
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-chia¹-lê⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-jyā-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baejialeh
    • Palladius: байцзялэ (bajczjalɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ gaa¹ lok⁶
    • Yale: baak gā lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ gaa¹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ ga¹ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵ lɔːk̚²/

Noun

百家樂

1. baccarat
2. (～棋) backgammon

Synonyms

• (backgammon): 雙陸棋／双陆棋 (shuānglùqí)