雪茄
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (雪茄) | 雪 | 茄 | |
| simp. #(雪茄) | 雪 | 茄 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English cigar via a Southern variety of Chinese.
Folk etymology commonly describes poet Xu Zhimo (1897–1931) as coining this translation in 1924, in a casual conversation with Rabindranath Tagore, on the grounds that the cigar is similar to lotus stem (茄) and the ash is similar to snow (雪). However, this term had already been used in 《出使英法義比四國日記續》, a late 19th century text, and Officialdom Unmasked, a 1903 Northern Wu novel.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syut3 gaa1 / syut3 kaa1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siet-kâ / siè-chia
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soe6 ga1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7shiq-ga6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xuějiā
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuějia
- Wade–Giles: hsüeh3-chia1
- Yale: sywě-jyā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejia
- Palladius: сюэцзя (sjueczja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xuějiār
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuějiar
- Wade–Giles: hsüeh3-chia1-ʼrh
- Yale: sywě-jyār
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejial
- Palladius: сюэцзяр (sjueczjar)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syut3 gaa1 / syut3 kaa1
- Yale: syut gā / syut kā
- Cantonese Pinyin: syt8 gaa1 / syt8 kaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: xud3 ga1 / xud3 ka1
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːt̚³ kaː⁵⁵/, /syːt̚³ kʰaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet-kâ / siè-chia
- Hakka Romanization System: xiedˋ gaˊ / xieˇ jia
- Hagfa Pinyim: xiad5 ga1 / xie2 jia4
- Sinological IPA: /si̯et̚² ka²⁴/, /si̯e¹¹ t͡si̯a⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Note: siè-chia - from Mandarin.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: soe6 ga1 [Phonetic: soe1 ga1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sē̤-ga
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬø¹¹⁻⁵⁵ ka⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: soe6 ga1 [Phonetic: soe1 ga1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬø²¹⁻⁵⁵ ka⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-ka
- Tâi-lô: suat-ka
- Phofsit Daibuun: soatkaf
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: soh4 gia1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: soh kia
- Sinological IPA (key): /soʔ²⁻⁴ kia³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
雪茄
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 雪茄 (“cigar”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雪茄, 雪茄煙, 捲煙 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 雪茄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 雪茄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 捲煙 |
| Xi'an | 捲煙 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 雪茄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雪茄, 呂宋煙 |
| Hong Kong | 雪茄, 呂宋煙 dated | |
| Rongxian | 雪茄 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 雪茄 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 雪茄 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 雪茄 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 雪茄, 珠律 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 雪茄 | |
| Móng Cái | 雪茄 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麻姑煙, 雪茄 |
| Yudu | 呂宋煙 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 雪茄 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 雪茄 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 雪茄 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 雪茄 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 雪茄 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 雪茄 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 珠律 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 珠律, 色牙 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 珠律 | |
| Quanzhou | 珠律 | |
| Zhangzhou | 珠律, 老果 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 珠律 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 珠律 | |
| Chaozhou | 珠律 | |
| Jieyang | 珠律, 雪茄 | |
| Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 珠律 | |
| Hat Yai (Teochew) | 珠律 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 珠律 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雪茄煙, 雪茄 |