肉丸
Chinese
| meat; flesh | pill | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (肉丸) | 肉 | 丸 | |
| simp. #(肉丸) | 肉 | 丸 | |
| alternative forms | 𬁲丸 Puxian Min 庅丸 Puxian Min | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): juk6 jyun4-2
- Hakka
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): noeh7 uei2 / nyh7 uinn2 / ma6 uinn2
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ròuwán
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄨㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ròuwán
- Wade–Giles: jou4-wan2
- Yale: ròu-wán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowwan
- Palladius: жоувань (žouvanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: juk6 jyun4-2
- Yale: yuhk yún
- Cantonese Pinyin: juk9 jyn4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: yug6 yun4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊk̚² jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiuk-ièn
- Hakka Romanization System: ngiugˋ ienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngiug5 ian2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯uk̚² i̯en¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: ngiug rhan
- Sinological IPA: /ŋiuk⁵⁻² ʒan⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: noeh7 uei2 [Phonetic: noeh6 uei2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ne̤̍h-óiⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /nœʔ⁴⁻²¹ uei¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: nyh7 uinn2 [Phonetic: nyh6 uinn2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /nyʔ⁴⁻² ũĩ²⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ma6 uinn2 [Phonetic: ma1 uinn2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma²¹⁻⁵⁵ ũĩ²⁴/
- (Putian)
Note:
- noeh7 uei2/ma5 uinn2 - regular meatball;
- ma5 uinn2 - snack food from Xianyoru.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-oân
- Tâi-lô: bah-uân
- Phofsit Daibuun: bah'oaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ba(ʔ)⁵ uan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uan²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: nêg8 in5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ne̍k îⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /nek̚⁴⁻² ĩ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
肉丸
- meatball
- (Xianyou Puxian Min) a traditional snack food from Xianyou, Fujian province in Chinese cuisine, made by grinding meat with seasonings (such as mushrooms and herbs), mixing with starch, and forming into small round balls.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 肉丸 (“meatball”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 肉丸, 肉丸子, 肉球 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 肉丸 |
| Singapore | 肉圓 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 肉圓子 |
| Liuzhou | 肉圓 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 肉圓兒 |
| Yangzhou | 劗肉 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 肉丸 |
| Dongguan | 肉丸 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 肉丸子, 肉丸 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 肉丸 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 肉丸 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 肉丸 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 肉丸 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 肉丸 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 肉丸 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 肉圓仔 |
| Quanzhou | 肉圓仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 肉圓仔 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 肉丸 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 肉丸仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 肉丸 | |
| Tainan | 肉丸 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 肉丸 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 肉圓 | |
| Shantou | 肉圓 | |
| Jieyang | 肉圓 | |
| Haikou | 肉丸 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 肉圓 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 肉圓 | |
| Danyang | 肉圓 | |
| Hangzhou | 肉圓兒 | |
| Ningbo | 肉圓 | |
| Wenzhou | 肉圓 | |
Descendants
- → Indonesian: bakwan (via Hokkien)
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “庅丸”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 376.