雪文

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (雪文)		雪	文
simp. #(雪文)		雪	文

Etymology

• (Hokkien of Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mainland China): Borrowed from Malay sabun, or directly from either:
  • Portuguese sabão, from Old Galician-Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
  • Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), from Aramaic צַפּוֹן / ܨܦܘܢ (ṣappōn), from Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn), from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
• (Philippine Hokkien): Borrowed from Tagalog sabon, or directly from Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
• (Teochew): Borrowed from Malay sabun, from Portuguese sabão or from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), both ultimately from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
• (Singkawang and Bangkok Jiexi Hakka): Borrowed from Malay sabun, from Portuguese sabão or from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), both ultimately from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sap-bûn / sat-bûn / soat-bûn / sap-mûi / siap-bûn / sá-bûn / sà-bûn / sah-bûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sab⁴ bhung⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sap-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: sap-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sapbuun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sap̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Singapore): /sap̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sap̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /sap̚³²⁻⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /sap̚²⁻⁵ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangpu, Kinmen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: sat-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: satbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /sat̚³² bun²¹³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /sat̚³²⁻⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: suat-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sap-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: sap-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sapmuii
    • IPA (Taipei): /sap̚³²⁻⁴ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /sap̚⁵ muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siap-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: siap-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siapbuun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siap̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sá-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: sá-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: safbuun
    • IPA (Singapore): /sa⁴²⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /sa⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ bun²³/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sà-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: sà-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sarbuun
    • IPA (Singapore): /sa²¹⁻⁴² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines): /sa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sah-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: sah-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sahbuun
    • IPA (Philippines): /sa(ʔ)⁵ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² bun²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sab⁴ bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sap bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sap̚²⁻⁴ buŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

雪文

1. (Singkawang and Bangkok Jiexi Hakka, Southern Min) soap (Classifier: 塊／块)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 肥皂 (“soap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		皂
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		肥皂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	肥皂, 胰子
	Taiwan	肥皂
	Langfang	胰子
	Chengde	肥皂
	Chifeng	肥皂
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	肥皂
	Heihe	肥皂
	Qiqihar	肥皂
	Harbin	胰子, 大胰子, 肥皂
	Jiamusi	肥皂
	Baicheng	肥皂
	Changchun	胰子
	Tonghua	肥皂, 胰子
	Shenyang	肥皂, 胰子, 黃胰子, 洗衣裳胰子
	Jinzhou	肥皂, 胰子
	Malaysia	肥皂
	Singapore	肥皂
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	胰子
	Tangshan	肥皂, 胰子
	Cangzhou	肥皂, 胰子
	Baoding	肥皂, 胰子
	Shijiazhuang	肥皂, 胰子
	Lijin	肥皂
	Jinan	肥皂, 胰子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	胰子
	Dandong	肥皂, 洗衣裳胰子
	Yantai	胰子
	Yantai (Muping)	胰子
	Qingdao	肥皂, 胰子
	Zhucheng	肥皂, 胰子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	胰子, 洋鹼
	Lingbao	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Jining	肥皂, 胰子
	Daming	胰子
	Wanrong	洋鹼
	Linfen	臭胰子
	Shangqiu	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Yuanyang	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Zhengzhou	肥皂, 胰子, 洋鹼
	Xinyang	肥皂, 胰子
	Baihe	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Xi'an	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Baoji	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Tianshui	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Xining	胰子, 肥皂
	Xuzhou	肥皂, 胰子, 粗胰子
	Fuyang	肥皂, 胰子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胰子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	胰子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	洋胰子, 肥皂
	Lanzhou	肥皂, 胰子
	Dunhuang	肥皂, 胰子
	Hami	肥皂
	Ürümqi	肥皂, 胰子
	Jimsar	胰子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	洋鹼, 肥皂
	Nanchong	肥皂
	Dazhou	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Hanyuan	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Xichang	肥皂
	Zigong	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Chongqing	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Wuhan	肥皂
	Yichang	肥皂
	Xiangyang	肥皂, 洋胰子
	Tianmen	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Guiyang	洋鹼, 肥皂, 胰子
	Zunyi	肥皂
	Bijie	肥皂
	Liping	肥皂
	Zhaotong	洋鹼
	Dali	洋鹼
	Kunming	肥皂, 洋鹼, 胰子
	Mengzi	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Guilin	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Pingle	肥皂
	Liuzhou	肥皂, 洋鹼, 鹼
	Luzhai	肥皂
	Nanning (Wuming)	肥皂
	Hechi (Yizhou)	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Jishou	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Changde	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Hanzhong	肥皂
	Dagudi (Maliba)	草飆
	Reshuitang (Longling)	草飆
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	草飆
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	肥皂
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	洋胰子, 肥皂
	Yangzhou	洋胰子, 肥皂
	Lianyungang	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Lianshui	肥皂, 胰子, 洋鹼
	Nantong	洋鹼
	Anqing	肥皂
	Wuhu	肥皂
	Hefei	肥皂, 洋胰子
	Hong'an	肥皂, 臭肥皂, 鹼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番鹼, 鹼
	Hong Kong	番鹼, 鹼
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	番鹼
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	番鹼
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	番鹼
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	番鹼
	Macau	番鹼
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	番鹼
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	番鹼
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	番鹼
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	番鹼
	Foshan	番鹼
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	番鹼
	Foshan (Shunde)	番鹼
	Foshan (Sanshui)	番鹼
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	番鹼
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	番鹼
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	番鹼
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	番鹼
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	番鹼
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	番鹼
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	番鹼
	Taishan	番鹼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番鹼
	Enping (Niujiang)	番鹼
	Heshan (Yayao)	番鹼
	Dongguan	番鹼
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	番鹼
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	番鹼
	Qingyuan	番鹼
	Fogang	番鹼
	Yingde (Hanguang)	番鹼
	Yangshan	番鹼
	Lianshan (Butian)	鹼
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	番鹼
	Shaoguan	番鹼
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番鹼
	Renhua	番鹼
	Lechang	番鹼
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鹼
	Sihui	番鹼
	Guangning	番鹼
	Deqing	番鹼
	Huaiji	番鹼
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	洋鹼
	Yunfu	番鹼
	Xinxing	番鹼
	Luoding	番鹼
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鹼
	Yangjiang	番鹼, 鹼
	Xinyi	番鹼
	Lianjiang	番鹼
	Nanning	鹼
	Wuzhou	鹼
	Yulin	鹼
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鹼
	Hepu (Shatian)	番鹼
	Guiping	鹼
	Mengshan (Xihe)	鹼
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	鹼
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	鹼
	Baise	鹼
	Bobai	鹼
	Lingshan	鹼
Pubei	鹼
Qinzhou	洋鹼
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	鹼
Beihai	洋鹼, 鹼
Beihai (Nankang)	番鹼
Beihai (Yingpan)	鹼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	番鹼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	番鹼
Ningming	洋鹼
Hengzhou	鹼
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	鹼
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	鹼
Danzhou	鹼
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	番鹼
Singapore (Guangfu)	番鹼
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	番鹼
Móng Cái	鹼
Yangon (Taishan)	番鹼
Bangkok (Guangfu)	番鹼
Betong (Rongxian)	番鹼
Gan	Nanchang	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Lichuan	鹼
	Pingxiang	肥皂, 洋鹼
Hakka	Meixian	番鹼
	Xingning	番鹼
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	番鹼
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	番鹼
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	番鹼
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	番鹼
	Huidong (Daling)	番鹼
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	番鹼
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	番鹼
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	番鹼
	Boluo (Bendihua)	番鹼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	番鹼
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	番鹼
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	番鹼
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	番鹼
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	番鹼
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	番鹼, 鹼
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	番鹼
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	番鹼
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	番鹼
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	番鹼
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	番鹼
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	番鹼
	Wengyuan	番鹼
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鹼
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	番鹼
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	番鹼
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	番鹼
	Liannan	番鹼
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	番鹼
	Jiexi	番鹼
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	番子蠟
	Changting	胰子
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	番鹼, 色文
	Wuping	洋膏, 番鹼
	Wuping (Yanqian)	番鹼
	Wuping (Pingyu)	番鹼
	Liancheng	洋鹼
	Ninghua	胰子
	Yudu	胰子, 洋鹼
	Ningdu	鬼子膏
	Ruijin	胰子
	Shicheng	肥皂
	Shangyou (Shexi)	洋鹼
	Tonggu (Sandu)	洋鹼
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	胰子
	Dayu	洋鹼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	茶箍, 石鹼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	茶箍, 番鹼, 石鹼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	茶箍, 石鹼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	茶箍, 石鹼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	茶箍, 石鹼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	茶箍, 石鹼
	Hong Kong	番鹼
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	鹼
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	鹼
	Xinyi (Sihe)	鹼
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	番鹼
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	番鹼
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	番鹼
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	洗衫鹼
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	肥鹼
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	鹼
	Mengshan (Xihe)	洋鹼
Luchuan	洋鹼
Luchuan (Daqiao)	肥皂
Beiliu (Tang'an)	鹼
Mashan (Pianlian)	洋鹼
Pingle (Tong'an)	洋鹼
Yangshuo (Jinbao)	洋鹼, 肥皂
Sabah (Longchuan)	番鹼
Senai (Huiyang)	番鹼
Senai (Hepo)	番鹼
Singkawang	雪文
Singapore (Meixian)	番鹼
Singapore (Dabu)	番鹼
Bangkok (Meixian)	番鹼, 茶箍
Bangkok (Fengshun)	餅藥
Bangkok (Jiexi)	餅藥, 雪文
Huizhou	Jixi	肥皂, 肥珠, 洋肥皂, 洋肥珠
	Shexian	肥皂, 肥珠
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	肥皂
	Xiuning	洋肥皂, 肥皂
	Yixian	肥皂, 肥珠
	Qimen	肥皂
	Wuyuan	肥皂, 肥珠
	Fuliang	洋肥珠
	Dexing	洋鹼
Jin	Taiyuan	胰子, 洋胰子, 肥皂
	Pingyao	胰子
	Yangyuan	肥皂, 胰子
	Datong	胰子
	Xinzhou	胰子, 洗衣裳胰子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	肥皂, 胰子
	Changzhi	胰子
	Linhe	肥皂
	Jining	肥皂
	Hohhot	肥皂
	Erenhot	肥皂
	Pingshan	胰子
	Zhangjiakou	肥皂, 胰子
	Handan	肥皂, 洗衣裳胰子
	Linzhou	肥皂
	Suide	肥皂, 洋鹼
Northern Min	Jian'ou	胰仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	胰仔
	Songxi	番仔鹼
	Zhenghe	胰仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	胰仔
	Jianyang	鬼仔鹼
	Wuyishan	番鬼鹼
	Pucheng (Shibei)	鬼仔蠟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	胰皂
	Fuzhou (Changle)	胰皂
	Fuqing	胰皂
	Pingtan	胰皂
	Yongtai	胰皂
	Gutian	胰皂
	Fu'an	胰皂
	Ningde	胰皂
	Shouning	胰皂
	Zhouning	胰皂
	Fuding	蠟
	Matsu	胰皂
Southern Min	Xiamen	雪文, 油胰
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	雪文
	Quanzhou	雪文, 胰
	Jinjiang	雪文
	Nan'an	雪文
	Shishi	雪文
	Hui'an	雪文
	Anxi	雪文
	Yongchun	雪文, 鹼
	Dehua	雪文
	Zhangzhou	雪文
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	雪文
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	雪文
	Hua'an	鹼
	Nanjing	雪文, 番仔蠟
	Pinghe	雪文, 番仔蠟
	Zhangpu	雪文, 番仔蠟
	Yunxiao	蠟, 番仔蠟
	Zhao'an	番仔蠟
	Dongshan	番仔蠟
	Taipei	雪文
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雪文
	Kaohsiung	雪文
	Yilan	雪文
	Changhua (Lukang)	雪文, 茶箍
	Taichung	茶箍
	Taichung (Wuqi)	茶箍
	Tainan	雪文
	Taitung	茶箍
	Hsinchu	茶箍, 雪文
	Kinmen	油胰, 雪文, 茶箍
	Penghu (Magong)	雪文
	Penang (Hokkien)	雪文
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雪文
	Manila (Hokkien)	雪文
	Longyan	番仔鹼
	Zhangping	番仔鹼, 鹼
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蠟, 洗衫蠟
	Datian	蠟
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鹼
	Chaozhou	餅藥
	Shantou	餅藥
	Shantou (Chenghai)	餅藥
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	餅藥
	Jieyang	餅藥
	Lufeng	番鹼
	Haifeng	番仔鹼
	Bangkok (Teochew)	餅藥, 雪文
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	餅藥, 雪文
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	雪文
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雪文
	Singapore (Teochew)	雪文
	Batam (Teochew)	雪文
	Pontianak (Teochew)	雪文
	Leizhou	鹼, 番鬼鹼
	Wenchang	差文, 肥皂
	Haikou	番鬼鹼, 油糠, 番鬼油糠
	Qionghai	差文
	Singapore (Hainanese)	差文
Puxian Min	Putian	胰皂, 胰蠟
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	胰蠟
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	胰蠟
	Xianyou	胰皂, 油皂, 胰蠟, 番囝膫
	Xianyou (Fengting)	胰蠟
	Xianyou (Youyang)	胰蠟
	Fuding (Aoyao)	蠟
Central Min	Yong'an	番仔蠟
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	番仔蠟
	Sanming (Shaxian)	洋鹼
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	番鹼
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	番鹼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鹼, 洋鹼, 洗衫鹼
	Nanning (Xinxu)	洋鹼
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	洋鹼
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	洋鹼
Wu	Shanghai	肥皂
	Shanghai (Chongming)	肥皂
	Suzhou	肥皂
	Wuxi	肥皂
	Danyang	洋鹼, 肥皂, 洋礬
	Hangzhou	肥皂, 洋肥皂
	Ningbo	肥皂
	Wenzhou	洋皂, 油皂, 番皂
	Jinhua	肥皂, 洋肥皂
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	洋肥皂
Xiang	Changsha	肥皂, 胰子油
	Loudi	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Shuangfeng	肥皂, 洋鹼
	Quanzhou	洋鹼
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	洋鹼

Derived terms

• 雪文子 (sap-bûn-chí)
• 雪文沫
• 雪文波
• 雪文粉 (sap-bûn-hún)

 

Descendants

• → Amis: safon
• → Kavalan: sabun
• → Puyuma: sabun
• → Tsou: savungu

Further reading

• “Entry #8046”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.