糖粿
Chinese
| sugar; sweets; candy | cooked rice for making cake | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (糖粿) | 糖 | 粿 | |
| simp. #(糖粿) | 糖 | 粿 | |
| alternative forms | 糖餜／糖馃 | ||
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): tòng-guōi
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thn̂g-kér
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thn̂g-kér
- Tâi-lô: thn̂g-kér
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
糖粿
- (Eastern Min) nian gao (a Chinese New Year's cake made of glutinous rice flour)
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) sweet, abacus bead-shaped glutinous rice balls with ground peanuts, sesame seeds, and sugar (eaten in Quanzhou during the Qixi Festival)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 年糕 (“nian gao (New Year cake)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 年糕 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 年糕 |
| Singapore | 年糕 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 年糕 |
| Hong Kong | 年糕 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 年糕 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 年糕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 甜粄 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 甜粄 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 甜粄 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 甜粄 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 甜粄 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 甜粄 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 甜粄 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 糖粿 |
| Fuding | 過年粿 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 甜粿, 炊粿 steamed |
| Quanzhou | 甜粿, 炊粿 steamed | |
| Jinjiang | 甜粿, 炊粿 steamed | |
| Zhangzhou | 甜粿, 炊粿 steamed | |
| Taipei | 甜粿 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 甜粿 | |
| Kaohsiung | 甜粿 | |
| Yilan | 甜粿 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 甜粿 | |
| Taichung | 甜粿 | |
| Tainan | 甜粿 | |
| Hsinchu | 甜粿 | |
| Kinmen | 甜粿 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 甜粿 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 甜粿 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 甜粿 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 甜粿 | |
| Chaozhou | 甜粿 | |
| Shantou | 甜粿 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 甜粿 | |
| Jieyang | 甜粿 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 甜粿 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 甜粿 | |
| Wenchang | 甜粄 | |
| Haikou | 甜粄 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 甜粄 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 年糕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 年糕 |
| Wenzhou | 糖糕, 年糕 | |