阿拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿拉)		阿	拉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ālā

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ laa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): â-lâ
Min Nan (POJ): a-lá / a-la
Wu (Wiktionary): aq la (T4); aq laq (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ālā
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄌㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: alha
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ laa¹
  - Yale: a lā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ laa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ la¹
  - IPA ^(key): /äː³³ läː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-lâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: a´ la´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ la¹
  - IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ la²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-lá
  - Tâi-lô: a-lá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: alar
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² la⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ la⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-la
  - Tâi-lô: a-la
  - Phofsit Daibuun: alaf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: aq la (T4); aq laq (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /a̱ʔ³³ la̱⁴⁴/, /a̱ʔ³³ la̱ʔ⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Originally Ningbonese. Due to an influx of migrants from Ningbo to Shanghai, this has supplanted the original Shanghainese 我伲 or 伲.

阿 is from 我 (MC ŋɑ^X, “I; me”). 拉 is a plural marker, also seen in 伊拉 (“they; them”).

Pronoun

阿拉

(Wu, including Ningbo, Shanghai)

we; us
阿拉上海人是吃咖啡長大的。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
阿拉上海人是吃咖啡长大的。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
We Shanghainese grew up drinking coffee.

阿拉兩個人是好朋友。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
阿拉两个人是好朋友。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
The two of us are good friends.
I; me
儂勿講道理，阿拉勿睬儂！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
侬勿讲道理，阿拉勿睬侬！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
You are being unreasonable; I’m not talking to you anymore. [girl, cute-sounding]

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 我們 (“we”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		我, 吾儕, 我等, 我曹, 我輩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		我們
Mandarin	Beijing	我們, 姆們
	Taiwan	我們
	Tianjin	我們
	Harbin	我們
	Jinan	我們, 俺們, 俺, 俺這伙
	Muping	俺
	Luoyang	我們, 俺們, 俺
	Jiedian	我的, 我
	Xi'an	俺的, 俺
	Xining	我們
	Xuzhou	俺
	Yinchuan	卬們
	Lanzhou	我們
	Ürümqi	我們
	Wuhan	我們
	Chengdu	我們
	Guiyang	我們
	Liuzhou	我們
	Yangzhou	我們, 們, 我輩兒
	Nanjing	我們
	Hefei	我們
	Nantong	我恁
	Malaysia	我們
	Singapore	我們
Cantonese	Guangzhou	我哋
	Hong Kong	我哋
	Taishan	我
	Dongguan	我哋
	Yangjiang	偔
	Kuala Lumpur	我哋
Gan	Nanchang	我個俚, 我等, 我們
	Lichuan	我多
	Pingxiang	我俚, 巷俚
Hakka	Meixian	𠊎等人, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎儕
	Xingning	𠊎兜人
	Huidong	𠊎兜人
	Qujiang	𠊎俚
	Changting	𠊎儕們, 𠊎儕
	Pingyu	𠊎等人, 𠊎兜
	Wuping	𠊎等人
	Ninghua	𠊎人, 𠊎多人
	Yudu	𠊎底
	Ruijin	𠊎班人
	Shicheng	𠊎郎人
	Shangyou	𠊎子人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕, 𠊎這兜
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	𠊎等, 𠊎等人
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕
	Dongshi (Dabu)	吾等, 吾這兜, 吾這兜人
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	𠊎人
	Senai	吾兜
Huizhou	Jixi	我人
Jin	Taiyuan	我們, 俺們
Jin	Xinzhou	俺們, 俺
Min Bei	Jian'ou	我人, 我伙人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	我各儂
Min Dong	Fuqing	儂家, 儂家各儂
Min Nan	Xiamen	阮
	Quanzhou	阮
	Zhangzhou	阮
	Taipei	阮
	Kaohsiung	阮
	Tainan	阮
	Taichung	阮
	Hsinchu	阮
	Lukang	阮
	Sanxia	阮
	Yilan	阮
	Kinmen	阮
	Magong	阮
	Penang	我儂
	Singapore	我儂
	Philippines (Manila)	阮
	Chaozhou	阮
	Haifeng	阮, 阮儂
	Haikou	我儂
	Leizhou	我儂
Puxian Min	Putian	我輩
Puxian Min	Xianyou	滾, 我輩
Pinghua	Nanning	我哋
Wu	Shanghai	阿拉, 我伲 dated, 伲 dated
	Suzhou	伲
	Hangzhou	我們
	Wenzhou	我倈
	Chongming	我俚
	Danyang	我己
	Jinhua	我浪, 昂
	Tangxi	我道
	Ningbo	阿拉, 阿
Xiang	Changsha	我們
	Shuangfeng	我俚, 卬俚
	Loudi	我俺

Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		吾, 我, 私, 余, 予, 台, 朕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		我
Mandarin	Beijing	我
	Taiwan	我
	Jinan	我, 俺
	Xi'an	我
	Wuhan	我
	Chengdu	我
	Yangzhou	我
	Hefei	我
Cantonese	Guangzhou	我
	Hong Kong	我
	Taishan	我
	Yangjiang	我
Gan	Nanchang	我
Hakka	Meixian	𠊎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𠊎
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	𠊎
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	𠊎
	Dongshi (Dabu)	𠊎
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	𠊎
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	𠊎
Jin	Taiyuan	我
Min Bei	Jian'ou	我
Min Dong	Fuzhou	我, 奴
Min Nan	Xiamen	我, 阮
	Quanzhou	我, 阮
	Zhangzhou	我, 阮
	Taipei	我, 阮
	Kaohsiung	我, 阮
	Penang	我
	Philippines (Manila)	我
	Chaozhou	我
Wu	Shanghai	我, 吾, 阿拉
	Suzhou	我, 奴
	Wenzhou	我
	Ningbo	我, 我儂, 像我
Xiang	Changsha	我
Xiang	Shuangfeng	我, 卬

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic اَللّٰه‎ (allāh).

Proper noun

阿拉

Allah

Synonyms

安拉 (Ānlā)
真主 (zhēnzhǔ)

References

漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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