chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
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Hokkien
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese チョコレート (chokorēto).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
- Tâi-lô: tsioo-kóo-lè-tòo
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ le²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹¹/
Noun
[edit]chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
- (Taiwan) chocolate
Synonyms
[edit]| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 巧克力 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 巧克力 |
| Malaysia | 巧克力 | |
| Singapore | 巧克力 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 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 |
Further reading
[edit]- “Entry #31165”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.