地溝油

See also: 地沟油

Chinese

		underground canal; sewer	oil; sly
trad. (地溝油)		地溝	油
simp. (地沟油)		地沟	油

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìgōuyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄡㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ kau¹ jau⁴
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ gao¹ iu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìgōuyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄡㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìgouyóu
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-kou¹-yu²
  - Yale: dì-gōu-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihgouyou
  - Palladius: дигоую (digouju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ koʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ kau¹ jau⁴
  - Yale: deih kāu yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ kau¹ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ keo¹ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² kʰɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: di⁷ gao¹ iu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī kau iû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ kau³³⁻²³ iu⁵⁵/

Noun

地溝油

gutter oil (illicit cooking oil recycled from waste oil from various sources)
- 2024 July 12, Tiffany May, Amy Chang Chien, “化工油罐車混運食用油，中國再爆食品安全醜聞 [Cooking Oil in Dirty Fuel Tankers? Report Raises Alarms in China.]”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  
  在過去的二十年裡，中國多次出現食品安全問題，包括含三聚氰胺的嬰兒配方奶粉，以及食用油被回收繼續使用，俗稱「地溝油」。 [MSC, trad.]
  在过去的二十年里，中国多次出现食品安全问题，包括含三聚氰胺的婴儿配方奶粉，以及食用油被回收继续使用，俗称「地沟油」。 [MSC, simp.]
  Zài guòqù de èrshí nián lǐ, Zhōngguó duōcì chūxiàn shípǐn'ānquán wèntí, bāokuò hán sānjùqíng'àn de yīng'ér pèifāng nǎifěn, yǐjí shíyòngyóu bèi huíshōu jìxù shǐyòng, súchēng “dìgōuyóu”. [Pinyin]
  In the past two decades, China has repeatedly dealt with food safety concerns, including infant formula laced with melamine and cooking oil being recycled for continued use, a practice commonly known as using “gutter oil”.