竹輪

See also: 竹轮

Chinese

		bamboo	wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (竹輪)		竹	輪
simp. (竹轮)		竹	轮

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 竹(ちく)輪(わ) (chikuwa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhúlún

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ leon⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlún
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlún
  - Wade–Giles: chu²-lun²
  - Yale: jú-lwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwuluen
  - Palladius: чжулунь (čžulunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk¹ leon⁴
  - Yale: jūk lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ lên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ lɵn²¹/

Noun

竹輪

chikuwa (tube-shaped fish-paste cake)

Synonyms

(Hong Kong) 獅子狗／狮子狗 (shīzigǒu), 獅子狗卷／狮子狗卷 (shīzǐgǒu juǎn), 獅子狗魚蛋／狮子狗鱼蛋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竹	輪
ちく Grade: 1	わ Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of 竹 (chiku, “bamboo”) +‎ 輪 (wa, “ring”), from the resemblance to a piece of bamboo.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちくわ [chìkúwá] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕikɯ̟β̞a̠]

Noun

竹(ちく)輪(わ) • (chikuwa)

chikuwa (tube-shaped fish-paste cake), a particular way of preparing kamaboko

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN