八寶粥

Chinese

		8 treasure	congee
trad. (八寶粥)		八寶	粥
simp. (八宝粥)		八宝	粥

Laba congee and one set of its flavorings.

Etymology

From its usual inclusion of eight main ingredients to flavor the rice porridge. See the entries for 八寶 and for 臘八, the festival with which it is chiefly associated.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bābǎozhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ bou² zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bābǎozhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: babǎojhou
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pao³-chou¹
    • Yale: bā-bǎu-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: babaojou
    • Palladius: бабаочжоу (babaočžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bābǎorzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄠˇㄦ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: babǎorjhou
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pao³-ʼrh-chou¹
    • Yale: bā-bǎur-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: babaoljou
    • Palladius: бабаорчжоу (babaorčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ bou² zuk¹
    • Yale: baat bóu jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ bou² dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ bou² zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ pou̯³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Noun

八寶粥

1. Synonym of 臘八粥 / 腊八粥 (làbāzhōu), Laba porridge.