太妃糖

Chinese

		imperial concubine of the late emperor; toffee	sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (太妃糖)		太妃	糖
simp. #(太妃糖)		太妃	糖

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English toffee + Chinese 糖 (táng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàifēitáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄟ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ fei¹ tong^4-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tha-fi-daon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàifēitáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄟ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàifeitáng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-fei¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: tài-fēi-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayfeitarng
    • Palladius: тайфэйтан (tajfɛjtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ fei¹ tong^4-2
    • Yale: taai fēi tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ fei¹ tong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ féi¹ tong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tha-fi-daon
    • MiniDict: tha^去 fi daon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-fi-daan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ fi⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

Noun

太妃糖

1. toffee (candy)

Synonyms

• 奶糖 (nǎitáng)
• 拖肥糖 (tuōféitáng)
• 乳脂軟糖／乳脂软糖 (rǔzhīruǎntáng)