牛軋糖

See also: 牛轧糖

Chinese

		phonetic	sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (牛軋糖)		牛軋	糖
simp. (牛轧糖)		牛轧	糖

Etymology

From English nougat or French nougat + Chinese 糖 (táng, “sweet; candy”), via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúgátáng, niúzhātáng, niúgātáng, niúzhátáng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄚˊ ㄊㄤˊ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚㄊㄤˊ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄚㄊㄤˊ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚˊ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ gaat³ tong^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-kâ-thòng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnieu-gaq-daon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúgátáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄚˊ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióugátáng
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-ka²-tʻang²
  - Yale: nyóu-gá-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niougartarng
  - Palladius: нюгатан (njugatan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ kä³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúzhātáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióujhatáng
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-cha¹-tʻang²
  - Yale: nyóu-jā-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujatarng
  - Palladius: нючжатан (njučžatan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúgātáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄚㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióugatáng
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-ka¹-tʻang²
  - Yale: nyóu-gā-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niougatarng
  - Palladius: нюгатан (njugatan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ kä⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúzhátáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚˊ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióujhátáng
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-cha²-tʻang²
  - Yale: nyóu-já-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujartarng
  - Palladius: нючжатан (njučžatan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ gaat³ tong^4-2
  - Yale: ngàuh gaat tóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ gaat⁸ tong^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ gad³ tong^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ kaːt̚³ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-kâ-thòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiu^ˇ ga^ˊ tong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² ga¹ tong²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ ka²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-gaq-daon
  - MiniDict: nyeu^去 gah daon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyieu-gaq-daan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ²² ɡaʔ⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

Noun

牛軋糖

nougat (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 塊／块 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牛軋糖 (“nougat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牛軋糖
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鳥結糖
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛軋糖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牛筋糖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牛筋糖, 牛軋糖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牛軋糖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牛筋糖, 牛軋糖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛軋糖
Wu	Shanghai	牛軋糖, 鳥結糖