巧克力

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巧克力)		巧	克	力

Etymology

Borrowed from English chocolate, originally used in Shanghainese. Doublet of 朱古力 (zhūgǔlì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎokèlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² hak¹ lik⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiàu-kher-lí / chhiàu-khér-lí / chhiàu-kho-lí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiáu-khek-le̍k / khiáu-khiak-lia̍k
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵chiau-kheq-liq; ¹chiau-kheq-liq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎokèlì → qiǎokelì (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ → ㄑㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎoke̊lì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao³-kʻo⁵-li⁴
    • Yale: chyǎu-ke-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheau.kehlih
    • Palladius: цяокэли (cjaokɛli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ kʰə⁴ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau² hak¹ lik⁶
    • Yale: háau hāk lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau² hak⁷ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao² heg¹ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵ hɐk̚⁵ lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiàu-kher-lí / chhiàu-khér-lí
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiauˇ ker li` / qiauˇ ker` li`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiau<sup>2</sup> ker<sup>4</sup> li<sup>3</sup> / qiau<sup>2</sup> ker<sup>3</sup> li<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯au̯¹¹ kʰə⁵⁵ li³¹/, /t͡sʰi̯au̯¹¹ kʰə³¹ li³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiàu-kho-lí / chhiàu-khér-lí
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiauˇ ko li` / qiauˇ ker` li`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiau² ko⁴ li³ / qiau² ker³ li³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯au̯¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵ li³¹/, /t͡sʰi̯au̯¹¹ kʰə³¹ li³¹/

Note: from Mandarin.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiáu-khek-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khiáu-khik-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw'qeklek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiáu-khiak-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khiáu-khiak-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw'qiakliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liak̚²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chiau-kheq-liq; ¹chiau-kheq-liq
    • MiniDict: chiau^去 kheh lih; chiau^平 kheh lih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qiau-kheq-liq; ¹qiau-kheq-liq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɔ³³ kʰəʔ⁵⁵ liɪʔ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵⁵ kʰəʔ³³ liɪʔ²¹/

Noun

巧克力

1. chocolate

   酒心巧克力  ―  jiǔ xīn qiǎokèlì  ―  liqueur chocolate

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 綽科拉／绰科拉

Dialectal synonyms of 巧克力 (“chocolate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		巧克力
Mandarin	Taiwan	巧克力
	Guilin	巧克力
	Malaysia	巧克力
	Singapore	巧克力
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朱古力
	Hong Kong	朱古力
	Macau	朱古力
	Taishan	朱古力
	Kaiping (Chikan)	朱古力
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	朱古力
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	朱古力
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	朱古力
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	朱古力
	Móng Cái	朱古力
Hakka	Meixian	朱古力
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	朱古力
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	巧克力
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	巧克力
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	巧克力
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	巧克力
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	巧克力
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	巧克力
Southern Min	Xiamen	芝居力
	Quanzhou	芝居力
	Zhangzhou	芝居力
	Taipei	chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
	Penang (Hokkien)	coklat
	Singapore (Hokkien)	芝居力
	Chaozhou	朱古力
	Shantou	朱古力
	Haifeng	朱古力
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	朱古力
Wu	Shanghai	巧克力

Derived terms

• 三角巧克力 (sānjiǎo qiǎokèlì)
• 巧克力囊腫／巧克力囊肿 (qiǎokèlì nángzhǒng)
• 巧克力塊／巧克力块 (qiǎokèlì kuài)
• 巧克力奶 (qiǎokèlìnǎi)
• 巧克力棒 (qiǎokèlì bàng)
• 巧克力派 (qiǎokèlì pài)
• 巧克力蛋糕 (qiǎokèlì dàngāo)
• 巧克力豆 (qiǎokèlìdòu)
• 果仁巧克力 (guǒrén qiǎokèlì)
• 松露巧克力 (sōnglù qiǎokèlì)
• 熱巧克力／热巧克力 (rè qiǎokèlì)
• 白巧克力 (báiqiǎokèlì)