# 可樂
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kělè
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^2$ lok$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-lo̍k
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$khu-loq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kělè
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kělè
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^3$-lê$^4$
*** Yale: kě-lè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeleh
*** Palladius: кэлэ (kɛlɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^2$ lok$^6$
*** Yale: hó lohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^2$ lok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^2$ log$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː³⁵ lɔːk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: khó-lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoylok
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$khu-loq
*** MiniDict: khu$^去$ loh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$khu-loq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ loʔ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: khaX lak
Rime :
| Character | 可 | 樂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 鐸 (103) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 枯我切 | 盧各切 |
| Baxter | khaX | lak |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɑ$^X$/ | /lɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɑ$^X$/ | /lɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɑ$^X$/ | /lɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰa$^X$/ | /lak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰɑ$^X$/ | /lɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰɑ$^X$/ | /lɑk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰɑ$^X$/ | /lɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kě | luò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ho$^2$ | lok$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ [r]ˤawk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ raːwɢ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 可 | 樂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/4 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kě | lè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kha$^X$ › | ‹ lak › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/ | /*[r]ˁawk/ |
| English | may; acceptable | joy; enjoy |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 可 | 樂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/3 |
| No. | 7446 | 7673 |
| Phonetic component | 可 | 樂 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 可 | 落 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰaːlʔ/ | /*raːwɢ/ |

#### Adjective

可樂
* funny; amusing; entertaining
* to evoke joy or happiness
    Antonym: 可哀 (kě'āi)
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Déxíng kě xiàng, shēngqì kělè, dòngzuò yǒu wén, yányǔ yǒu zhāng, yǐ lín qí xià. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Derived terms

* 可樂餅 / 可乐饼 (kělèbǐng)
* 百事可樂 / 百事可乐 (bǎishì kělè)

### Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English cola. For Taiwanese Hakka [script needed] (khó-là) and Hokkien [script needed] (khò͘-lah), likely via Japanese コーラ (kōra).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kělè
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho$^2$ lok$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho$^2$ lok$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-là
* Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤-lŏ̤h
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khó-lo̍k / khò͘-lah
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ko$^2$ lag$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$khu-loq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kělè
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kělè
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^3$-lê$^4$
*** Yale: kě-lè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeleh
*** Palladius: кэлэ (kɛlɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (可樂兒 / 可乐儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kělèr
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kělèr
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^3$-lê$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: kě-lèr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keelehl
*** Palladius: кэлэр (kɛlɛr)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^2$ lok$^6$
*** Yale: hó lohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^2$ lok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^2$ log$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː³⁵ lɔːk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ho$^2$ lok$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ lɔk̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-là
*** Hakka Romanization System: ko$^ˋ$ la$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ko$^3$ la$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ la¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤-lŏ̤h
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo³³⁻²¹ l̃oʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: khó-lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoylok
*** IPA (Kinmen): /kʰo⁵³⁻²⁴ lɔk̚⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘-lah
*** Tâi-lô: khòo-lah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qorlaq
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ laʔ³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ laʔ³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ko$^2$ lag$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó la̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ lak̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$khu-loq
*** MiniDict: khu$^去$ loh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$khu-loq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ loʔ⁴⁴/

#### Noun

可樂
* cola, including coke and pepsi (kind of soft drink)
    零糖可樂／零糖可乐 ― língtáng kělè ― Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero Sugar, etc.
* (colloquial, slang) cocaine; coke

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 可樂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 可樂兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 可樂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 可樂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 可樂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 可樂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 可樂 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 可卡因, 古柯鹼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 古柯鹼 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 可卡因, 可樂, cocaine |

##### Derived terms

* 中可 (zhōngkě)
* 可口可樂 / 可口可乐 (Kěkǒukělè)
* 大可 (dàkě)
* 小可 (xiǎokě)
* 百事可樂 / 百事可乐 (Bǎishìkělè)