冚唪唥

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (冚唪唥)		冚	唪	唥
simp. #(冚唪唥)		冚	唪	唥
alternative forms		冚𠾴唥 冚挷攔／冚挷拦 撼罷冷／撼罢冷 冚辦爛／冚办烂 咸不剌 冚𠾴唥 冚挷攔／冚挷拦 撼罷冷／撼罢冷 冚辦爛／冚办烂 咸不剌 冚把呤 冚巴郎 冚巴唥 冚嘭冷 喊𠾴唥 含巴冷

Etymology

Various theories:

• From a Northern dialect 咸不剌 in Beijing during the Yuan dynasty.^[1][2]
• From a Hmong language /banɡlanɡ/.^[3]
• Of Cantonese origin, 冚 + duplicated intensifier form of 朋 (classifier),^[4] compare 雜崩冷 / 杂崩冷 (zaap⁶ bang¹ lang¹).
• From Chinese Pidgin English hampalang, from Cantonese 咸埋包來^[5] or English home balance (“grand total”).^[6]

Also compare Min Nan 含巴攏 / 含巴拢 (hâm-pa-lang, “grand total”), Wu 亨八冷打 (¹han-paq-lan-tan, “in total”), Zhuang haemzbaengzlaengz, Fuzhou Eastern Min 含把擔 / 含把担, Leizhou Min 含巴蘭 / 含巴兰, Beijing Mandarin 夯不啷噹 / 夯不啷当 (hángbulāngdāng).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ham⁶ baang⁶ laang⁶ / ham⁶ baa⁶ laang⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham⁵ ba⁵ lang⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁶ baang⁶ laang⁶ / ham⁶ baa⁶ laang⁶
    • Yale: hahm baahng laahng / hahm bah laahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁶ baang⁶ laang⁶ / ham⁶ baa⁶ laang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁶ bang⁶ lang⁶ / hem⁶ ba⁶ lang⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²² paːŋ²² laːŋ²²/, /hɐm²² paː²² laːŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ham⁵ ba⁵ lang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham³² pa³² laŋ³²/

Adjective

冚唪唥

1. (Cantonese) entire; all; every

   • 你班馬騮，冚唪唥都唔知天高地厚，你話點搞呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     你班马骝，冚唪唥都唔知天高地厚，你话点搞呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 盧偉力, 《香港粵語片藝術論集》, page 120

     nei⁵ baan¹ maa⁵ lau^4-1, ham⁶ baang⁶ laang⁶ dou¹ m⁴ zi¹ tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵, nei⁵ waa⁶ dim² gaau² ne¹? [Jyutping]

     You little monkeys all think you know the world. What do you say we should do?

See also

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 含巴攏／含巴拢
• (Wu) 亨八冷打
• 夯不啷噹／夯不啷当 (hāngbùlāngdāng)
• Vietnamese: hầm bà lằng

References

1. 文若稚 (1993) 《廣州方言古語選釋續編》
2. 陳伯輝, 吳偉雄 (1998) 《生活粵語本字趣談》
3. 余藹芹 (1988) “粵語研究”, in 《語文研究》
4. 陈小明 (2001) “粵方言“冚唪唥”再探”, in 第八屆國際粵方言研討會論文集
5. Herbert A. Giles (1886) A Glossary of Reference on Subjects Concerned with the Far East
6. Eiichi Chishima [千島英一] (2000) “廣州話“冚𠾴唥”[hɐm˨ paːŋ˨ laːŋ˨]的來源再考”, in 第七屆國際粵方言研討會論文集