薰觳仔

Chinese

		Dipteryx odorata	small container; silkworm cocoon
trad. (薰觳仔)		薰	觳仔
simp. #(薰觳仔)		薰	觳仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-khok-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-khok-á
    • Tâi-lô: hun-khok-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunqok'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

薰觳仔

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) ashtray
   • 2020, 洪淑昭, “另外一種博物館”, in 《教育部電子報》, number 924:

     無論是煮食的鼎鍋仔、船員咧用的家私、靴管、召鏡，甚至是曲盤、薰觳仔……五花十色，應有盡有。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     无论是煮食的鼎锅仔、船员咧用的家私、靴管、召镜，甚至是曲盘、薰觳仔……五花十色，应有尽有。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Bô-lūn sī chú-chia̍h ê tiáⁿ-oe-á, chûn-oân teh ēng ê ke-si, hia-kóng, tiàu-kiàⁿ, sīm-chì sī khek-pôaⁿ, hun-khok-á...... Gō͘-hoe-cha̍p-sek, èng-iú-chīn-iú. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 煙灰缸 (“ashtray”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		煙灰缸, 煙缸
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	煙盂兒
	Taiwan	煙灰缸
	Harbin	煙灰缸兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	煙灰缸
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	煙灰缸
	Xuzhou	煙灰缸兒, 煙缸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	煙灰缸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煙灰盅, 煙灰罌
	Hong Kong	煙灰缸, 煙灰盅, 煙灰碟
Jin	Xinzhou	煙灰缽缽
Southern Min	Taipei	薰觳仔 GT
	Jieyang	薰碟
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	煙灰缸
Wu	Hangzhou	煙灰缸
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)