山旮旯

Chinese

		mountain; hill	corner; remote or narrow place
simp. and trad. (山旮旯)		山	旮旯
alternative forms		山卡啦山卡罅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāngālá

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄍㄚㄌㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāngālá
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄍㄚㄌㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shangalá
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹-ka¹-la²
  - Yale: shān-gā-lá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangala
  - Palladius: шаньгала (šanʹgala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ kä⁵⁵ lä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāngālár
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄍㄚㄌㄚˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shangalár
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹-ka¹-la²-ʼrh
  - Yale: shān-gā-lár
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangalal
  - Palladius: шаньгалар (šanʹgalar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ kä⁵⁵ lɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹
  - Yale: sāan kā lā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ka¹ la¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ laː⁵⁵/

Noun

山旮旯

(regional, colloquial) remote mountain area
(Cantonese, by extension) remote place; backwoods
- 住響山旮旯度，未見過大風浪，我住在海邊，見慣大風浪 [Cantonese, trad.]
  住响山旮旯度，未见过大风浪，我住在海边，见惯大风浪 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2012 November 21, 鄭治祖, 村民促放生僭建發叔籲快申報, in 《文匯報》 (Wen Wei Po), page A23
  zyu⁶ hoeng² saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹ dou⁶, mei⁶ gin³ gwo³ daai⁶ fung¹ long⁶, ngo⁵ zyu⁶ zoi⁶ hoi² bin¹, gin³ gwaan³ daai⁶ fung¹ long⁶ [Jyutping]
  They live in the sticks and haven't seen "big waves". I live by the sea and see big waves every day.

Adjective

山旮旯

(Cantonese) remote; backwoods
- 山旮旯的不丹多簡單　你說下次去玩 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  山旮旯的不丹多简单　你说下次去玩 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2019, 馮允謙 (Jay Fung), lyrics by 王菀之 (Ivana Wong), 山旮旯
  saan¹ kaa¹ laa¹ dik¹ bat¹ daan¹ do¹ gaan² daan¹, nei⁵ syut³ haa⁶ ci³ heoi³ waan² [Jyutping]
  How simple is Bhutan in the middle of nowhere; you said we'll travel there next time

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