碗糕

Chinese

		bowl; cup	cake
trad. (碗糕)		碗	糕
simp. #(碗糕)		碗	糕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄠ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óaⁿ-ko / óaⁿ--ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngao
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-kao¹
    • Yale: wǎn-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangau
    • Palladius: ваньгао (vanʹgao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óaⁿ-ko
    • Tâi-lô: uánn-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: voafkoy
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /uã⁴²⁻²⁴ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óaⁿ--ko
    • Tâi-lô: uánn--ko

Noun

碗糕

1. rice cake bowl (a type of snack in Fujian and Taiwan)
2. (Southern Min) the hell (usually in an question in mild disdain)

   你咧創啥碗糕？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   你咧创啥碗糕？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí teh chhòng siáⁿ óaⁿ-ko? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   What on earth are you doing?

3. (Mainland China Hokkien) nothing

Synonyms

• (rice cake bowl): 碗粿 (wǎnguǒ); (Hokkien) 碗糕粿, 碗仔粿
• (thing, usually in a question): 鬼 (guǐ); (Hokkien, Teochew) 番薯 (fānshǔ)

Derived terms

• 啥物碗糕
• 碗糕帽仔
• 碗糕粿