肉圓
Chinese
| meat; flesh | circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (肉圓) | 肉 | 圓 | |
| simp. (肉圆) | 肉 | 圆 | |
| anagram | 圓肉／圆肉 | ||
| Literally: “meat circle”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ròuyuán
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ròuyuán
- Wade–Giles: jou4-yüan2
- Yale: ròu-ywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowyuan
- Palladius: жоуюань (žoujuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: juk6 jyun4
- Yale: yuhk yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: juk9 jyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: yug6 yun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊk̚² jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-oân
- Tâi-lô: bah-uân
- Phofsit Daibuun: bah'oaan
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uan²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mah-îⁿ
- Tâi-lô: mah-înn
- Phofsit Daibuun: mah'vii
- IPA (Philippines): /ma(ʔ)⁵ ĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mah-oân
- Tâi-lô: mah-uân
- Phofsit Daibuun: mah'oaan
- IPA (Philippines): /ma(ʔ)⁵ uan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: nêg8 in5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ne̍k îⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /nek̚⁴⁻² ĩ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
肉圓
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
Further reading
- “肉圓”, 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.