粉粿

Chinese

		dust; powder	cooked rice for making cake
trad. (粉粿)		粉	粿
simp. ^#(粉粿)		粉	粿
alternative forms		粉餜／粉馃粉果

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fěnguǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan² gwo²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hún-kóe / hún-ké / hún-kér

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung² guê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fěnguǒ [Phonetic: fénguǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fěnguǒ
  - Wade–Giles: fên³-kuo³
  - Yale: fěn-gwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feenguoo
  - Palladius: фэньго (fɛnʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan² gwo²
  - Yale: fán gwó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan² gwo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen² guo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-kóe
  - Tâi-lô: hún-kué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwnkoea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-ké
  - Tâi-lô: hún-ké
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwnkea
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-kér
  - Tâi-lô: hún-kér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung² guê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: húng kué
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kue⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

粉粿

fun guo (a type of dumpling from the Chaoshan region in Guangdong)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) jelly cake made of sweet potato

Synonyms

(fun guo): 潮州粉粿 (Cháozhōu fěnguǒ)

Descendants

→ English: fun guo, fun gor
→ Indonesian: hunkue, hunkwe

References

“粉粿”, 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.