凡士林

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (凡士林)		凡	士	林

Etymology

Borrowed from English vaseline, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánshìlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ si⁶ lam⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): fan⁴ si lin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hân-se-lín / fân-sṳ́-lîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-sū-lîm
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-zy-lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánshìlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánshìhlín
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-shih⁴-lin²
    • Yale: fán-shr̀-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnshyhlin
    • Palladius: фаньшилинь (fanʹšilinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ si⁶ lam⁴
    • Yale: fàahn sih làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ si⁶ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ xi⁶ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ siː²² lɐm²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fan⁴ si lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan³⁵ sz̩² lin³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hân-se-lín / fân-sṳ́-lîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: han^ˊ se lin^ˋ / fan^ˊ sii^ˋ lin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: han¹ se⁴ lin³ / fan¹ si³ lin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /han²⁴⁻¹¹ se⁵⁵ lin³¹/, /fan²⁴ sɨ³¹ lin²⁴/

Note: fân-sṳ́-lîn - from Mandarin.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-sū-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: huân-sū-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoansuxliim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ lim²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve-zy-lin
    • MiniDict: ve^去 zy lin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-zr-lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² zz̩⁵⁵ lin²¹/

Noun

凡士林

1. vaseline; petroleum jelly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 凡士林 (“vaseline; petroleum jelly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		凡士林, 礦脂
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	凡士林
Cantonese	Guangzhou	花士令
	Hong Kong	花士令
	Dongguan	花士令
Gan	Nanchang	凡士林
Hakka	Meixian	花士林, 花凡士
	Xingning	花士林
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	凡士林
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	凡士林
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	凡士林
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	凡士林
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	凡士林
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	凡士林
Southern Min	Xiamen	凡士林, 礦脂
Wu	Shanghai	凡士林