口香糖
Chinese
| mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular |
sugar; sweets; candy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (口香糖) | 口 | 香 | 糖 | |
| simp. #(口香糖) | 口 | 香 | 糖 | |
| anagram | 香口糖 | |||
| Literally: “mouth fragrance candy”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): kǒuxiāngtáng
- (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄊㄤˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hau2 hoeng1 tong4-2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-hiong-thn̂g
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuxiāngtáng
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄊㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kǒusiangtáng
- Wade–Giles: kʻou3-hsiang1-tʻang2
- Yale: kǒu-syāng-táng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooushiangtarng
- Palladius: коусянтан (kousjantan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau2 hoeng1 tong4-2
- Yale: háu hēung tóng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau2 hoeng1 tong4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: heo2 hêng1 tong4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯³⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-hiong-thn̂g
- Tâi-lô: kháu-hiong-thn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'hiongt'ngg
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
口香糖
- chewing gum
- 嚼口香糖 ― jiáo kǒuxiāngtáng ― to chew chewing gum
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 口香糖 (“chewing gum”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 口香糖 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 口香糖 |
| Malaysia | 口香糖 | |
| Singapore | 口香糖, 香口膠 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 口香糖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 香口膠 |
| Hong Kong | 香口膠 | |
| Taishan | 香口膠 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 香口膠 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 樹溶糖 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 香口膠, 香口糖 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 香口膠 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Singkawang | 樹仁糖 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 樹奶糖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 樹奶糖 |
| Quanzhou | 樹奶糖 | |
| Zhangzhou | 樹奶糖 | |
| Taipei | 樹奶糖 | |
| Kaohsiung | 樹奶糊 | |
| Yilan | 樹奶糖 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Taichung | 樹奶糖 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Tainan | 樹奶糖 | |
| Taitung | 樹奶糖 | |
| Hsinchu | 樹奶糖 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 樹奶糖 | |
| Shantou | 香口膠 | |
| Puning | 香口膠 | |
Descendants
- → Zhuang: goujyanghdangz