咖哩

See also: 咖喱

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (咖哩)		咖	哩
alternative forms		咖喱

Etymology

Borrowed from English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kālǐ, gālǐ, gālí

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄚㄌㄧˇ, ㄍㄚㄌㄧˇ, ㄍㄚㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ lei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-lî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-lí / ka-lé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kālǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kalǐ
  - Wade–Giles: kʻa¹-li³
  - Yale: kā-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kalii
  - Palladius: кали (kali)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gālǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: galǐ
  - Wade–Giles: ka¹-li³
  - Yale: gā-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: galii
  - Palladius: гали (gali)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gālí
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: galí
  - Wade–Giles: ka¹-li²
  - Yale: gā-lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gali
  - Palladius: гали (gali)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵ li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaa³ lei¹
  - Yale: ga lēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ lei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga³ léi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ lei̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    咖喱
    咖哩
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˊ li^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-lí
  - Tâi-lô: ka-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kalie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-lé
  - Tâi-lô: ka-lé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kalea
  - IPA (Yilan): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le⁵³/

Noun

咖哩

(chiefly Taiwan) curry

Derived terms

咖哩粉 (gālīfěn)
咖哩雞／咖哩鸡 (kālǐjī)

References

“Entry #3737”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
咖	哩
か Hyōgai (ateji)	り > れー Jinmeiyō (ateji)
kan'on	irregular

Glyph origin

Ateji (当て字), influenced by the similar Chinese spelling 咖喱 (gālí).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 咖哩 – see the following entry.

【カレー】

[noun] Indian curry

[noun] Japanese curry rice

(This term, 咖哩, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)