# kha-mé-lah
## Hokkien
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese カメラ (kamera), from English camera.

### Pronunciation

* (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha-mé-lah
** Tâi-lô: kha-mé-lah
** Phofsit Daibuun: qameflaq
** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laʔ³²/
** IPA (Taipei): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laʔ³²/

### Noun

kha-mé-lah
* (Taiwan) camera

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 相機, 照相機, 攝影機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 照相機, 相匣子 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 照相機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 照相兒機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 照相機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 相機, 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 相機, 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 相機, 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 拍相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 照相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 相機, 影相機, cam |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 影相機 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 照相機, 影相機, 攝影機 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 影相機 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 影相機 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 照相機 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 影相機 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 相機 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 翕相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 照相機 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 照相機 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jin | Datong | 照相機 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 照相機 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 照相機 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 照相機 |
| Jin | Linhe | 照相機 |
| Jin | Jining | 照相機 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 照相機 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 照相機 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 照相機 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 照相機 |
| Jin | Handan | 照相機 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 照相機 |
| Jin | Suide | 照相機 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 照相機 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 䀹相機 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 像機, 翕像機, 照像機 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 像機 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 像機, 影櫃仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 翕像機, kha-mé-lah GT |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 小影機 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 像機 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 像機 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 照相機, 耗相機 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 影相機 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 照相機 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 照相機 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |