吸管

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
trad. (吸管)		吸	管
simp. #(吸管)		吸	管

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ gun²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷shiq-kuoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-kuan³
    • Yale: syī-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shigoan
    • Palladius: сигуань (siguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (吸管兒 / 吸管儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīguǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siguǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-kuan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syī-gwǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shigoal
    • Palladius: сигуаньр (siguanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ gun²
    • Yale: kāp gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ kuːn³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷shiq-kuoe
    • MiniDict: shih^入 kuoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xiq-kuoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɪʔ³³ kuø⁴⁴/

Noun

吸管

1. drinking straw (Classifier: 支 m)
2. pipette

Synonyms

• (drinking straw):

Dialectal synonyms of 吸管 (“drinking straw”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吸管
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吸管兒
	Taiwan	吸管
	Malaysia	吸管, 水草
	Singapore	吸管, 水草
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	吸管兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	吸管
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吸管, 飲筒
	Hong Kong	飲筒, 飲管
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	水草
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	水草
	Singapore (Guangfu)	水草
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唶管
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唰管
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	嗍管
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	吸管
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	唰管仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唶管
	Sabah (Bao'an)	水草
Southern Min	Quanzhou	蔥管
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	嗍管
	Kaohsiung	嗍管
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	嗍管
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	嗍管
	Yilan (Toucheng)	嗍管
	Tainan (Anping)	嗍管
	Penghu (Xiyu)	嗍管
	Penang (Hokkien)	嗍草
	Singapore (Hokkien)	水草
	Manila (Hokkien)	嗍管
Wu	Shanghai	吸管
	Wenzhou	皮管

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 吸管 – see 嗍管 (“drinking straw”). (This term is a variant form of 嗍管).