烏糖

Chinese

	black	sugar
trad. (烏糖)	烏	糖
simp. (乌糖)	乌	糖
anagram	糖烏／糖乌

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vû-thòng

(Hailu, HRS): vu^ˋ tong
Northern Min (KCR): ú-tông
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): o͘-thn̂g / u-thôⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): ou¹ teng⁵

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vû-thòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˊ tong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu¹ tong²
  - Sinological IPA: /vu²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˋ tong
  - Sinological IPA: /vu⁵³ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ú-tông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁴ tʰɔŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, Jinjiang, Yongchun, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-thn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: oo-thn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'tngg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Tong'an, Yongchun): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɔ³³ tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰŋ̍¹³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-thôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: u-thônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: u'tvoo
  - IPA (Longyan): /u³³⁴ tʰõ¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ou¹ teng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou thṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou³³⁻²³ tʰɯŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

烏糖

(Hakka, Northern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) brown sugar

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紅糖 (“brown sugar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紅糖
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	紅糖
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	紅糖
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	紅糖
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	紅糖, 黑糖
	Wanrong	黑糖
	Xi'an	紅糖, 黑糖
	Xining	紅糖, 黑糖
	Xuzhou	紅糖
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	紅糖, 黑糖
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	紅糖
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	紅糖
	Wuhan	紅糖
	Guiyang	紅糖
	Liuzhou	黃糖 yellow or brown, 黃砂糖 yellow or brown
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	紅糖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	紅糖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	黃糖
	Hong Kong	黃糖
	Dongguan	黃糖 sugarcane, brown-yellow
Gan	Nanchang	紅糖
	Lichuan	紅糖
	Pingxiang	紅糖
Hakka	Meixian	黃糖 sugarcane, brown-yellow
	Yudu	紅糖
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	烏糖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏糖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	烏糖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	烏糖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	烏糖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	烏糖
Jin	Taiyuan	紅糖, 黑糖
Jin	Xinzhou	紅糖, 黑糖
Northern Min	Jian'ou	烏糖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	紅糖
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏糖, 赤沙 fine
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	烏糖
	Quanzhou	烏糖, 赤沙 fine
	Jinjiang	烏糖
	Zhangzhou	烏糖, 赤沙 fine
	Tainan	烏糖 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	烏糖
	Shantou	烏糖
	Jieyang	烏糖
	Leizhou	烏糖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	黃糖 sugarcane, brown-yellow, 黃砂糖 yellow or brown
Wu	Shanghai	紅糖, 赤砂糖
	Shanghai (Chongming)	紅糖
	Suzhou	紅糖, 赤糖
	Danyang	紅糖
	Hangzhou	紅糖, 赤砂糖
	Ningbo	黃糖 sugarcane, brown-yellow
	Jinhua	紅糖
Xiang	Changsha	紅糖
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

烏糖粿 / 乌糖粿

References

“烏糖”, 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.
“Entry #4269”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.