煎堆

Chinese

		pan-fry	a pile; a mass; heap a pile; a mass; heap; stack
trad. (煎堆)		煎	堆
simp. #(煎堆)		煎	堆
alternative forms		煎䭔／煎𫗰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānduī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹ deoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānduī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianduei
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-tui¹
    • Yale: jyān-dwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianduei
    • Palladius: цзяньдуй (czjanʹduj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin¹ deoi¹
    • Yale: jīn dēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹ doey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹ dêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵ tɵy̯⁵⁵/

Noun

煎堆

1. (chiefly Cantonese) jian dui; sesame ball

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芝麻球 (“sesame ball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	麻糰
	Taiwan	芝麻球
	Wuhan	歡喜坨
	Nanjing	麻糰
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煎堆, 油堆
	Hong Kong	煎堆
	Taishan	糍仔
	Dongguan	煎堆
	Yangjiang	煎糍仔
Gan	Pingxiang	麻圓
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	油錐仔
Huizhou	Jixi	麻球
Northern Min	Jian'ou	油煎棗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	碌堆
Wu	Shanghai	麻球
	Danyang	麻糰
	Hangzhou	麻球
	Wenzhou	油卵
	Jinhua	麻球

Derived terms

• 冷手執個熱煎堆／冷手执个热煎堆
• 年晚煎堆——人有我有