豬番

Chinese

		hog; pig; swine	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (豬番)		豬	番
simp. (猪番)		猪	番

Etymology

Euphemism for 豬腸／猪肠 (de¹ deng⁵), where 腸／肠 (deng⁵, “intestine”), homophonous to 唐 (deng⁵, “ethnic Chinese”), is replaced with its antonym 番 (huang¹, “non-Chinese”) (Yang, 2004).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): de¹ huang¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: de¹ huang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ huang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯ³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³/

Noun

豬番

1. (Southeast Asian Teochew) pig intestines (food)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豬大腸 (“pig intestines”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豬大腸, 肥腸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	豬腸子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	豬大腸
Southern Min	Xiamen	豬腸, 腸仔
	Quanzhou	豬腸, 腸仔
	Zhangzhou	豬腸, 腸仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	豬腸仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	豬腸仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	豬腸仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	腸仔
	Tainan (Anping)	豬腸仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	豬番
	Singapore (Teochew)	豬番