阿拉 (ālā): Allah

Meanings

Mùsīlín xìnyǎng Ālā.

Muslims believe in Allah.

Ālā Shànghǎirén xǐhuan chī tián de.

We Shanghainese like to eat sweet food.

culture

阿拉 has two distinct uses: as a transliteration of 'Allah' in religious contexts, and as Shanghainese dialect for 'we/us' (equivalent to Mandarin 我们).

阿 ā

拉 lā