# 麻甩
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### "crude; unrefined; uncouth"

    Said to be related to French malade in folk etymology, which was popularized by Belgian missionaries in China in the 19th Century.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): maa$^4$ lat$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maa$^4$ lat$^1$
*** Yale: màh lāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maa$^4$ lat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ma$^4$ led$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /maː²¹ lɐt̚⁵/

### Noun

麻甩
* (Cantonese) sparrow

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 雀 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 麻雀 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 麻雀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 家雀兒, 老家賊, 老家子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麻雀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 家照兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 家雀兒, 家賊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 家雀兒, 家賊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老家子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 家雀, 家賊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 家雀兒, 老家賊, 家賊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 家雀兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 麻雀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 家雀兒, 老家賊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 家雀兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 家雀兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 老家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 家雀兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 家雀兒, 家雀子, 家雀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 家雀兒, 雀兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 家雀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小蟲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 小蟲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 飛蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 小蟲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 雀兒, 麻雀兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小老雀兒, 老雀兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 麻雀子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 麻雀子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 麻雀子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 雀兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 麻雀子, 乾頭麻雀子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 麻雀, 家麻雀, 麻雀子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麻雀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 麻雀, 瓦雀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 小雀, 穀雀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 麻雀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 麻雀, 麻雀鳥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 瓦雀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 麻雀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 麻雀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 麻雀子, 麻雀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 麻雀兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 麻䨂子, 麻雀子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 麻雀兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 麻雀, 禾花雀, 麻甩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 禾雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 麻甩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 胡雀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 禾花雀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 禾丫雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 禾丫雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 禾丫雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 麻甩 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 禾花雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 禾花雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 禾雀, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 麻雀, 麻鷝 Qishi |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 禾雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 禾花雀 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 麻雀, 禾雀 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 禾雀仔, 禾鷝仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 禾雀仔, 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 麻甩 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 麻雀, 馬騮兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 禾穀仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 禾花雀 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 麻甩仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 麻乜 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 麻雀仔, 禾穀雀 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 麻啲, 禾穀雀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 麻啲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 麻雀仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 麻雀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 奸雀子, 奸雀, 麻雀子, 麻雀 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 禾接 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 麻雀, 麻雀鳥仔, 麻雀仔 |
| Gan | Guixi | 麻雀鳥仂 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 禾鷝仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 禾鷝哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 麻雀, 麻雀仔, 禾花雀 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 麻雀仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 麻雀仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 禾鷝仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 禾雀 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 禾烈 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 麻雀哎 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 鵝鷝仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 麻雀仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 禾鷝哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 禾鷝哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 禾鷝哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 禾雀, 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 禾雀 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 禾雀 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 禾雀 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 禾雀 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 禾雀 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 禾鷝 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 禾鷝仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 禾鷝子 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 禾雀 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 禾雀 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 禾鷝仔 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 禾鷝 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 禾鷝子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 禾鷝子, 麻鷝雀哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 禾鷝子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 禾鷝子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 禾鷝子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 禾雀鳥 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 禾鷝子, 禾雀仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 麻鳥子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 麻鳥子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 禾鷝子, 麻鳥子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 禾雀, 禾雀子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 麻鳥子 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 麻鳥子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 麻鳥子 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 麻鳥哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屋角鳥, 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 禾鷝仔, 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 麻雀, 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 屋角鳥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 瓦雀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屋檐鳥 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 瓦雀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 必子鳥, 屋檐鳥, 屋角鳥 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 禾鷝仔, 麻雀仔 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 麻雀子 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 瓦筒雀 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 禾鷝 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 瓦鷝子 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 瓦雀子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 穀鷝子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 鳥子 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 麻尾鳥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 麻麥鳥 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 麻雀 |
| Hakka | Senai (Hepo) | 麻雀, 禾鷝 dated |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麻雀 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麻雀 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 麻雀兒 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 米𪇹兒 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 米雀兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 麻雀兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 童梁, 童梁鳥, 麻雀 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 麻雀 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 麻雀鳥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 雀兒, 家雀兒, 麻雀 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 雀兒, 土雀兒, 老家雀 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 飛鳥兒, 小雀兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 老家子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 麻雀, 老家子 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 老家子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 家雀兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 小蟲兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 毛隻仔, 隻仔 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 黃鷝仔 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 雀鳥仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 隻鳥仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 雀鳥 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 隻仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 禾隻仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 禾味仔, 隻仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 隻隻, 隻囝 suburban |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 隻隻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 隻囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 隻囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 隻鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 王鴓 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 粟鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 鸕鴓 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 隻囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 麻鳥 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 隻隻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 粟鳥, 雀仔 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 雀仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 粟鳥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 粟鳥仔, 厝頭雀仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 厝頭雀仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 厝頭雀仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 麻鳥賊仔, 麻鳥賊 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 松鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 粟鳥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 粟鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 厝角鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 厝角鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 厝鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 厝鳥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 厝角鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 厝鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 粟鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 厝角鳥, 厝角鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 厝角鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 厝鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 粟鳥仔, 厝鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 杙鳥仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 厝角鳥, 厝鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 厝角鳥 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 粟仔鳥, 麻雀鳥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 粟鳥仔, 粟鳥, 麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 檐賓仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鳥暝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鳥暝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鳥暝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 雀暝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鳥囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 鳥囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 鳥囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 鳥囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鳥囝, 雀囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 雀囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 碧隻囝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 麻雀仔, 百家鷂, 禾穀仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 斑雀仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 雀仔 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 麻鳥, 禾花雀 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 偷飯雀, 麻鷝雀, 麻雀 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 麻雀 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 麻鳥 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 八哥鳥 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 麻雀 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 食穀鳥 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 麻雀 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 禾鷝 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 麻雀子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麻雀, 麻將鳥, 麻將 dated, 麻鳥 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 麻將 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 麻雀 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 麻雀, 麻雀子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 麻雀, 麻雀雀, 麻雀子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 麻雀兒, 雀兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 麻將 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 雀兒, 吃穀雀兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 麻雀兒, 麻雀 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 麻雀兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 麻雀子, 麻雀 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 麻雀子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麻賊子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 麻雀 |

### Adjective

麻甩
* (Cantonese, usually of a man) crude; unrefined; uncouth

#### Derived terms

* 麻甩仔
* 麻甩佬
* 麻甩妹