拉西

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (拉西)		拉	西

From Indonesian dasi.

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): la² xi¹

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: la² xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /la¹¹ si⁴⁴/

Noun

拉西

1. (Hakka) necktie (strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 領帶 (“necktie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		領帶
Mandarin	Taiwan	領帶
	Xi'an	領帶兒
	Singapore	領帶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	領呔, 呔
	Hong Kong	領呔, 呔
	Taishan	領呔, 呔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	領呔
	Dongguan	領呔
Hakka	Meixian	領帶, 拉西
Southern Min	Xiamen	領帶
	Quanzhou	領帶
	Zhangzhou	領帶, 豬尺仔 humorous
	Taipei	領帶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	ne-kut-tái
	Kaohsiung	領帶
	Yilan	領帶
	Changhua (Lukang)	ne-kut-tái
	Taichung	ne-kut-tái
	Tainan	ne-kut-tái, 領帶
	Hsinchu	領帶, ne-kut-tái
	Kinmen	領帶
	Penghu (Magong)	領帶
	Penang (Hokkien)	領帶
	Shantou	領帶
	Haikou	牛舌, 勒帶
Wu	Danyang	領帶, 領結

Etymology 2

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	spin
simp. and trad. (拉西)		拉	西

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ sai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai¹ sai¹
    • Yale: lāai sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai¹ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

拉西

1. (Cantonese, soccer) to do a sidespin

   腳趾尾拉西／脚趾尾拉西 [Cantonese]  ―  goek³ zi² mei^5-1 laai¹ sai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)