卡路里

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (卡路里)		卡	路	里

Etymology

From French calorie.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎlùlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹ lou⁶ lei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khà-lo-lí
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ka¹ lou⁷ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎlùlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎlùlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa³-lu⁴-li³
    • Yale: kǎ-lù-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaaluhlii
    • Palladius: калули (kaluli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaa¹ lou⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: kā louh léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹ lou⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹ lou⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵ lou̯²² lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khà-lo-lí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ka^ˇ lo li^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ka² lo⁴ li³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰa¹¹ lo⁵⁵ li³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ka¹ lou⁷ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kha lōu lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰa³³⁻²³ lou¹¹ li⁵²/

Classifier

卡路里

1. calorie

   Synonym: (short form) 卡

Noun

卡路里

1. (metonymically) energy in food
2. (metonymically) fat in human body

   消耗卡路里  ―  xiāohào kǎlùlǐ  ―  to burn calories

See also

• 熱量／热量 (rèliàng)

Verb

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 卡,‎ 路 (lù),‎ 里 (lǐ).