mola mola

See also: Mola mola and molamola

Chinese

Etymology

Pun on the fish species Mola mola (sunfish).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ laa³ mou⁵ laa³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ laa³ mou⁵ laa³
    • Yale: móuh la móuh la
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ laa³ mou⁵ laa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ la³ mou⁵ la³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ laː³³ mou̯¹³ laː³³/

Interjection

mola mola

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) Alternative form of 冇喇冇喇 (“no more; it's over; something is lost; to be done for; etc.”)

See also

• 翻車魚 / 翻车鱼 (fānchēyú)