咖喱 (gaa3 lei1 | ga1 li2) : curry

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咖喱

gaa3 lei1

ga1 li2

curry (as a loanword)

Level: 2
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

咖喱

This word has been viewed 2611 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 30th Oct 2005 21:32 and last edited on 25th Jul 2014 21:12

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Characters in this word:

咖 gaa3 - (used in transliteration)
喱 lei1 - [measure] grain

4 compounds containing this word:

咖喱麵 - Curry Mee
咖喱卜 - curry puff
Common Formations:
咖喱魚蛋 - curry fish balls
咖喱角 - curry puff

Showing 1 example containing 咖喱

等我試下你嘅咖喱係咪咁耍家先！粵
Let me try and see if your curry is really that accomplished.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

咖哩 gaa3 lei1 = curry

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Decimal representation of this word: 咖喱

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