太妃糖

Chinese

		imperial concubine of the late emperor; toffee	sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (太妃糖)		太妃	糖
simp. ^#(太妃糖)		太妃	糖

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English toffee via Shanghainese + Chinese 糖 (táng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàifēitáng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄟㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ fei¹ tong^4-2
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tha-fi₅-daon₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàifēitáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄟㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàifeitáng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-fei¹-tʻang²
  - Yale: tài-fēi-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayfeitarng
  - Palladius: тайфэйтан (tajfɛjtan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ fei¹ tong^4-2
  - Yale: taai fēi tóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ fei¹ tong^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ féi¹ tong^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tha-fi₅-daon₆
  - MiniDict: tha^去 fi^去 daon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-fi₂-daan₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ fi⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

Noun

太妃糖

toffee (candy)

Synonyms

奶糖 (nǎitáng)
拖肥糖 (tuōféitáng)
乳脂軟糖／乳脂软糖 (rǔzhīruǎntáng)