馬拉糕

See also: 马拉糕

Chinese

		Malay; Malaysia	cake
trad. (馬拉糕)		馬拉	糕
simp. (马拉糕)		马拉	糕

馬拉糕

Etymology

Debated, perhaps from 馬拉／马拉 (maa5 laai1, “Malay”) + 糕 (gou1, “cake”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎlāgāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ laai¹ gou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎlāgāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎlagao
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-la¹-kao¹
    • Yale: mǎ-lā-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maalhagau
    • Palladius: малагао (malagao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ laai¹ gou¹
    • Yale: máh lāai gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ laai¹ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lai¹ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

馬拉糕

1. Cantonese sponge cake; Malay sponge cake (a common dim sum dish) (Classifier: 件 c)

Synonyms

• 馬來糕／马来糕 (mǎláigāo)