# 馬打
## Chinese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mata-mata (“police”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǎdǎ, mǎdá
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˇ, ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maa$^3$ daa$^1$ / maa$^5$ daa$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): má-tâ / mā-tà
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ma$^1$ da$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎdǎ [Phonetic: mádǎ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎdǎ
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^3$-ta$^3$
*** Yale: mǎ-dǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maadaa
*** Palladius: мада (mada)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎdá
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎdá
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^3$-ta$^2$
*** Yale: mǎ-dá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maadar
*** Palladius: мада (mada)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maa$^3$ daa$^1$ / maa$^5$ daa$^1$
*** Yale: ma dā / máh dā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maa$^3$ daa$^1$ / maa$^5$ daa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ma$^3$ da$^1$ / ma$^5$ da$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /maː³³ taː⁵⁵/, /maː¹³ taː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-tâ
*** Tâi-lô: má-tâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mafdaa
*** IPA (Singapore): /ma⁴²⁻²⁴ ta²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ta²⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /ma⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ta²³/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mā-tà
*** Tâi-lô: mā-tà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: maxdax
*** IPA (Penang): /ma²¹ ta²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ma$^1$ da$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma tă
*** Sinological IPA : /ma³³⁻²³ ta³⁵/

### Noun

馬打
* (Singapore, Malaysia, chiefly dialectal; dated in Xiamen Hokkien) police; police officer
    From: 2004, 黃一飛與喵喵組合, 搖來搖去
    hōaⁿ-chhia iū kiaⁿ má-tâ tui, kiaⁿ ē lia̍h khì pûn pi-pi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    When driving, I'm afraid that the police will chase after me, that they will catch me and blow their whistles.
    From: 2010 September 6, 敦符国荣博士 (Tun Dr Foo Kok Yong), 黄明志老弟，你是可以的。
    Mǎdǎ biàn zhāo le nǐ lǎodì qù wènwèn zuòzuò jìlù hǎo jiāochāi. [Pinyin]
    So the police beckoned your younger brother for interrogation so that he could get a record to report on.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 警察, 警官, 警員 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 警察, 雷子 argot |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 警察 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 警察 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 警察 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 警察 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 警察 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 警察, 馬打 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 警察, 馬打 dated |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 警察 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 警察 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 民警 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 警察 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 警察 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 警察 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 警察 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 警察 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 警察 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 警察 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 警察 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 警察 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 警察 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 警察 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 警察 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 警察 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 警察, 警士 dated, 警士先生 dated face-to-face, 貓菜 dated nickname |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 警察, 警伯 playful |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 警察, 走狗 argot |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 警察 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 警察 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 警察 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 警察 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 警察 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 警察 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 警察, 差人, 差佬 male, 老二 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 警察, 差人, 阿Sir male, madam female, 差佬 male, slightly derogatory, 差婆 female, slightly derogatory, 警犬 derogatory, 狗 derogatory, 龜 derogatory, 老更 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 警察 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿Sir, 差佬 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 警察, 差佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 警察, 公安 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 警察, 公安, 差佬 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 警察 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 馬打 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 馬打 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 公安, 綠衣, 警察 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 警察, 公安 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 警察 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 警察 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 警察 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 警察 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 警察 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 警察 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 巡查, 警察 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 警察 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 巡查 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 警察 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 警察 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 警察 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 警察, 小對子 dated |
| Jin | Linhe | 警察 |
| Jin | Jining | 警察 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 警察 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 警察 |
| Jin | Handan | 警察 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 警察 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 警察 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 警察, 馬打 dated, 烏跤 dated, derogatory |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 警察, 烏跤 dated, derogatory |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 大人 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 巡查 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 大人, 賊頭 GT, derogatory |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 馬打 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 大人 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 馬打 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 馬打, 大狗 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 兵, 警察, 臭兵 derogatory |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 警察 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 馬打 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 馬打, 大狗, 大狗兄 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 馬打 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 警察 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 警察 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 警察, 差佬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 警察 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 警察, 黑貓警長, 黑貓, 老貓 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 警察 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 警察 |
| Wu | Danyang | 警察 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 警察, 警察爛眼 derogatory |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 警察 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 警察 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 警察 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 警察 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 馬打厝 / 马打厝
* 馬打寮 / 马打寮
* 馬打車 / 马打车

#### Descendants

* → Thai: หมาต๋า (mǎa-dtǎa)