沙拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (沙拉)		沙	拉

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English salad.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shālā

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ laai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ-lâ / sa-la
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sa-la / sa-lah / sa-lá

(Teochew, Peng'im): sa¹ la¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shālā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shala
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-la¹
  - Yale: shā-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shalha
  - Palladius: шала (šala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    沙拉
    莎拉
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saa¹ laai¹
  - Yale: sā lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ laai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ lai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    沙拉
    莎拉
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ-lâ / sa-la
  - Hakka Romanization System: sa^ˊ la^ˊ / sa la
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sa¹ la¹ / sa⁴ la⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴⁻¹¹ la²⁴/, /sa⁵⁵ la⁵⁵/

Note: sa-la - from Mandarin.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-la
  - Tâi-lô: sa-la
  - Phofsit Daibuun: salaf
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ la³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-lah
  - Tâi-lô: sa-lah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: salaq
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ laʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-lá
  - Tâi-lô: sa-lá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: salar
  - Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² la⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sa¹ la¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sa la
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa³³⁻²³ la³³/

Noun

沙拉

salad

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沙拉 (“salad”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	沙拉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沙律
	Hong Kong	沙律
	Dongguan	沙律
Hakka	Meixian	沙律
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	沙律
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	沙律
Southern Min	Shantou	沙拉
Wu	Shanghai	色拉

Derived terms

俄國沙拉 / 俄国沙拉 (Éguó shālā)
俄羅斯沙拉 / 俄罗斯沙拉 (Éluósī shālā)
水果沙拉 (shuǐguǒ shālā)
沙拉油 (shālāyóu)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shālā

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄌㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shālā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shala
  - Wade–Giles: Sha¹-la¹
  - Yale: Shā-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shalha
  - Palladius: Шала (Šala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

Proper noun

沙拉

a transliteration of the Arabic surname الشرع, al-Sharaa
艾哈邁德·沙拉／艾哈迈德·沙拉 ― Àihāmàidé Shālā ― Ahmed al-Sharaa

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 沙拉 – see salah. (This term is a variant form of salah).