爆米花
Chinese
| to crack; to explode or burst | puffed rice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (爆米花) | 爆 | 米花 | |
| simp. #(爆米花) | 爆 | 米花 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bàomǐhuā
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bàomǐhua
- Wade–Giles: pao4-mi3-hua1
- Yale: bàu-mǐ-hwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawmiihua
- Palladius: баомихуа (baomixua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (爆米花兒 / 爆米花儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bàomǐhuār
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bàomǐhuar
- Wade–Giles: pao4-mi3-hua1-ʼrh
- Yale: bàu-mǐ-hwār
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawmiihual
- Palladius: баомихуар (baomixuar)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baau3 mai5 faa1
- Yale: baau máih fā
- Cantonese Pinyin: baau3 mai5 faa1
- Guangdong Romanization: bao3 mei5 fa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːu̯³³ mɐi̯¹³ faː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
爆米花
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 玉米花 (“popcorn”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 爆米花, 玉米花 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 爆米花 |
| Harbin | 包米花兒 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 炸米花兒, 炸花兒, 爆米花兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 爆穀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 崩米花兒, 爆米花兒 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 磅米芳 GT, 磅番麥 GT |
| Wu | Shanghai | 哈力克 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | |
Dialectal synonyms of 爆米花 (“puffed rice”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 爆米花, 米花 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 米花兒 |
| Taiwan | 爆米花 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 爆穀, 米通 |
| Hong Kong | 米通 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 凍米 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 米𥺆仔 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 米𥺆, 米冇仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 米𥺆 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 米𥺆 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 米冇 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 米𥺆 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 米𥺆, 磅米香 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 崩米花兒, 爆米花兒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 炒米花, 炒米 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 米芳 |
| Quanzhou | 米芳 | |
| Zhangzhou | 米芳 | |
| Tainan | 米芳 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 米芳 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 炒米花 |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 炒米花 | |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 炒米花 | |
| Xianyou | 炒米花, 米花 | |
| Xianyou (Fengting) | 米花 | |
| Xianyou (Youyang) | 米花 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 炒米花 |
| Danyang | 炒米 | |
| Hangzhou | 炒米胮, 冬米胮 | |
| Ningbo | 冬米胖, 冬米大胖, 冬米大王, 米胖 | |
| Wenzhou | 炒米花 | |