豬番
Chinese
| hog; pig; swine | (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (豬番) | 豬 | 番 | |
| simp. (猪番) | 猪 | 番 | |
Etymology
Euphemism for 豬腸 / 猪肠 (de1 deng5), where 腸 / 肠 (deng5, “intestine”), homophonous to 唐 (deng5, “ethnic Chinese”), is replaced with its antonym 番 (huang1, “non-Chinese”) (Yang, 2004).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): de1 huang1
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: de1 huang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ huang
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɯ³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
Noun
豬番
- (Southeast Asian Teochew) pig intestines (food)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 豬大腸 (“pig intestines”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 豬大腸, 肥腸 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 豬腸子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 豬大腸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 豬腸, 腸仔 |
| Quanzhou | 豬腸, 腸仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 豬腸, 腸仔 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 豬腸仔 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 豬腸仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 豬腸仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 腸仔 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 豬腸仔 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 豬番 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 豬番 | |