培根

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (培根)		培	根

Etymology

Borrowed from English bacon.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): péigēn

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˊ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ gan¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶be-ken

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: péigēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ㄍㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: péigen
  - Wade–Giles: pʻei²-kên¹
  - Yale: péi-gēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peirgen
  - Palladius: пэйгэнь (pɛjgɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pui⁴ gan¹
  - Yale: pùih gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶be-ken
  - MiniDict: be^去 ken
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³be-ken
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /be²² kən⁴⁴/

Noun

培根

bacon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 培根 (“bacon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		培根
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	培根
Cantonese	Hong Kong	煙肉
Wu	Shanghai	培根

Derived terms

培根蛋醬 / 培根蛋酱 (péigēndànjiàng)
培根蛋麵 / 培根蛋面 (péigēndànmiàn)

See also

鹹肉／咸肉 (xiánròu)
燻肉／熏肉 (xūnròu)

Proper noun

培根

a transliteration of the English or French surname Bacon

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Bacon 培根 [英、德、法]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165.