Ian_Lee Posted July 1, 2005 at 08:45 PM Report Posted July 1, 2005 at 08:45 PM I just learnt that the Cantonese phrase -- 堪扮爛 -- is actually a loaned phrase from the Malay vocabulary. Anyone heard of that? Quote
Quest Posted July 2, 2005 at 04:24 AM Report Posted July 2, 2005 at 04:24 AM Shouldn't it be HumBa'lang? (lang not lan?) Also does it have anything to do with Hum Ga ..... Quote
ala Posted July 2, 2005 at 11:07 PM Report Posted July 2, 2005 at 11:07 PM We use it in Shanghainese also: 哼孛冷打 hanbelantan (also just: hanbelan), supposedly loaned from Cantonese. Definitely not a phrase, it's pronounced as one word in Shanghainese and just means "total" (一共). IPA: [ha~ b@ la~ ta~] Quote
skylee Posted July 4, 2005 at 03:39 PM Report Posted July 4, 2005 at 03:39 PM From 現代標準漢語與粵語對照資料庫 -> 「咸()巴」表示總括全部。同"咸唪"source Very strange-looking characters Quote
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