哈佬

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (哈佬)		哈	佬
simp. #(哈佬)		哈	佬

Etymology

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hālǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ lou² / haa¹ lou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hālǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: halǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ha¹-lao³
    • Yale: hā-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: halao
    • Palladius: халао (xalao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ lou² / haa¹ lou³
    • Yale: hā lóu / hā lou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ lou² / haa¹ lou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ lou² / ha¹ lou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ lou̯³⁵/, /haː⁵⁵ lou̯³³/

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Interjection

哈佬

1. (chiefly Cantonese) hello

See also

• 哈囉／哈啰 (hāluó)
• 哈嘍／哈喽 (hālou)