塑膠
See also: 塑胶
Chinese
| to model (a figure) in clay | glue; gum | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (塑膠) | 塑 | 膠 | |
| simp. (塑胶) | 塑 | 胶 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sùjiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sùjiao
- Wade–Giles: su4-chiao1
- Yale: sù-jyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhjiau
- Palladius: суцзяо (suczjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: suòjiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: suòjiao
- Wade–Giles: so4-chiao1
- Yale: swò-jyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohjiau
- Palladius: соцзяо (soczjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sok3 gaau1 / sou3 gaau1
- Yale: sok gāau / sou gāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: sok8 gaau1 / sou3 gaau1
- Guangdong Romanization: sog3 gao1 / sou3 gao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɔːk̚³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/, /sou̯³³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: sou3 gaau1 - prescriptive.
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sok2 gau1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɔk̚⁵⁵ kau³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok-kâu
- Hakka Romanization System: sogˋ gauˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sog5 gau1
- Sinological IPA: /sok̚² kau̯²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: sog gauˋ
- Sinological IPA: /sok⁵⁻² kau⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-ka
- Tâi-lô: sok-ka
- Phofsit Daibuun: sokkaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ka⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
塑膠
- synthetic resin; plastic cement (used as flooring material, etc.)
- (regional, including Taiwan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Malaysian, Singapore and Philippine Hokkien) plastic (material)
- (figurative, Taiwan, neologism, slang) someone or something that is unimportant and thus ignored
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 塑料 (“plastic”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 塑料 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 塑料 |
| Taiwan | 塑膠, 塑料 | |
| Malaysia | 塑膠 | |
| Singapore | 塑膠 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 塑料 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 塑料, 塑膠, 膠 |
| Hong Kong | 塑膠, 膠 | |
| Taishan | 塑膠, 膠 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 膠 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塑料 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 塑膠 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 塑膠 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 塑膠 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 塑膠 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 塑膠 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 塑膠 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 塑膠 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 塑膠 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 塑膠 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 塑料 |
| Quanzhou | 塑料 | |
| Zhangzhou | 塑料 | |
| Tainan | 塑膠 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 塑膠 | |
| Shantou | 塑料 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 塑料 | |
| Jieyang | 塑料 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 塑料 |
| Ningbo | 塑膠 | |
Derived terms
See also
Verb
塑膠
- (Taiwan, neologism, slang) to ignore someone; to not pay attention to someone (as if he/she is made of plastic)
Further reading
- (Min Nan pronunciation audio) “塑膠”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.