蔻丹

Chinese

			red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
trad. (蔻丹)		蔻	丹
simp. #(蔻丹)		蔻	丹

Etymology

From English Cutex.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòudān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòudān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòudan
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-tan¹
    • Yale: kòu-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowdan
    • Palladius: коудань (koudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ daan¹
    • Yale: kau dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ taːn⁵⁵/

Noun

蔻丹

1. nail polish

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲油 (“nail polish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲油, 蔻丹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	指甲油
Cantonese	Guangzhou	指甲水
	Hong Kong	指甲油
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	指甲水
Southern Min	Tainan	掌甲花
Wu	Shanghai	節掐油