紅龜粿

Chinese

		red tortoise cake	cooked rice for making cake
trad. (紅龜粿)		紅龜	粿
simp. (红龟粿)		红龟	粿

紅龜粿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngguīguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): âng-ku-ké / âng-ku-kóe / âng-ku-kér

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngguīguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hónggueiguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-kuei¹-kuo³
    • Yale: húng-gwēi-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hornggueiguoo
    • Palladius: хунгуйго (xungujgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-ku-ké
    • Tâi-lô: âng-ku-ké
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angku'kea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-ku-kóe
    • Tâi-lô: âng-ku-kué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angku'koea
    • IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴²/
    • IPA (Yilan): /aŋ²⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³⁻³³ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ¹³⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-ku-kér
    • Tâi-lô: âng-ku-kér
    • IPA (Kinmen): /aŋ²⁴⁻¹² ku⁴⁴⁻²² kə⁵³/

Noun

紅龜粿

1. (chiefly Hokkien) red tortoise cake

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紅龜糕 (“red tortoise cake”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	紅龜粿
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	紅粄
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	紅粄
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	紅龜粄
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	紅龜粄
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	龜仔粄
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	紅粄仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	奶菇粄, 屻崗粄, 紅粄仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	紅粄
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	紅粄
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	紅粄
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	紅龜粄, 紅粄
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	紅粄
Southern Min	Xiamen	紅龜粿, 紅龜
	Zhangzhou	紅龜粿, 紅龜
	Zhao'an	紅龜
	Taipei	紅龜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	紅龜粿, 紅龜仔粿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	紅龜
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	紅龜
	Kaohsiung	紅龜粿
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	紅龜粿
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	紅龜
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	紅龜
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	紅龜仔粿
	Yilan	紅龜粿
	Yilan (Luodong)	紅龜粿
	Yilan (Toucheng)	紅龜粿
	Changhua (Lukang)	紅龜
	Changhua (Yongjing)	紅龜粿
	Taichung	紅龜粿
	Tainan	紅龜
	Tainan (Anping)	紅龜
	Hsinchu	紅龜
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	紅龜仔粿
	Kinmen	紅龜粿
	Penghu (Magong)	紅龜仔粿
	Penghu (Xiyu)	紅龜
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅龜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅龜粿
Puxian Min	Putian	紅龜
	Xianyou (Fengting)	紅龜

Descendants

• → Burmese: အန်ကူးမုန့် (anku:mun.) (partial calque)
• → English: ang ku kueh
• → Malay: angku kuih
  • → English: angku kuih