瓊脂

Chinese

		(red stone); beautiful	fat
trad. (瓊脂)		瓊	脂
simp. (琼脂)		琼	脂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngzhī, qióngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓ, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngjhih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-chih¹
    • Yale: chyúng-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongjy
    • Palladius: цюнчжи (cjunčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-chih³
    • Yale: chyúng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongjyy
    • Palladius: цюнчжи (cjunčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: kìhng jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Noun

瓊脂

1. agar; agar-agar

Synonyms

• 洋菜 (yángcài)
• 洋粉 (yángfěn)
• 石花膠／石花胶 (shíhuājiāo)
• 凍粉／冻粉 (dòngfěn)
• (Hokkien) 菜燕

Derived terms

• 瓊脂糖 / 琼脂糖 (qióngzhītáng)
• 瓊脂酸 / 琼脂酸

 

See also

• 紅藻／红藻 (hóngzǎo)
• 石花菜 (shíhuācài)