板鴨

See also: 板鸭

Chinese

board; plank; plate
board; plank; plate; slab
 
duck
trad. (板鴨)
simp. (板鸭)

Etymology

“(slang) Spain”
From 西班牙 (bānyá), wordplayingly clipped and morphed to a pre-existing expression.

Pronunciation


Noun

板鴨

  1. pressed (dried) salted duck

Proper noun

板鴨

  1. (Mainland China, slang, neologism) Spain (a country)

References

  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “板鸭”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 13.