霜櫃

Chinese

		frost	cupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
trad. (霜櫃)		霜	櫃
simp. (霜柜)		霜	柜

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sng-kūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): seng¹ guin⁷

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-kūi
    • Tâi-lô: sng-kuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngkui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: seng¹ guin⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳng kūiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯŋ³³⁻²³ kũĩ¹¹/

Noun

霜櫃

1. (Xiamen Hokkien, Teochew) refrigerator; fridge
2. (Teochew) freezer

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 冰箱 (“refrigerator”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冰箱
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	冰箱
	Malaysia	冰櫥
	Singapore	冰櫥, 冰箱
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	冰箱, 哈勒基里尼可
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	冰箱
	Dagudi (Maliba)	冰箱
	Reshuitang (Longling)	冰箱
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	冰箱
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	冰箱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雪櫃, 冰箱
	Hong Kong	雪櫃
	Macau	雪櫃
	Taishan	雪櫃
	Taishan (Guanghai)	冰箱
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	冰箱
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	冰箱
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	冰箱
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雪櫃
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雪櫃
	Móng Cái	冰箱
	Yangon (Taishan)	霜櫃
	Mandalay (Taishan)	冰箱, 雪櫃
Hakka	Meixian	雪櫃, 冰箱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	雪櫃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冰箱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冰箱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冰箱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冰箱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冰箱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冰箱
	Kuching (Hepo)	雪櫥
	Bangkok (Meixian)	雪櫥
Southern Min	Xiamen	冰櫥, 霜櫃, 冰櫃, 冰箱
	Quanzhou	冰櫥, 冰箱
	Zhangzhou	冰箱
	Taipei	冰箱, 冰櫃, 冰櫥
	Kaohsiung	冰箱, 冰櫃, 冰櫥
	Penang (Hokkien)	霜櫥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	霜櫥, 冰櫥
	Manila (Hokkien)	霜櫥, 冰櫥
	Medan (Hokkien)	霜櫥
	Chaozhou	冰箱
	Shantou	雪櫃, 冰箱
	Jieyang	冰箱, 霜櫃
	Singapore (Teochew)	霜櫥, 霜房
	Batam (Teochew)	霜櫥, 霜房
	Pontianak (Teochew)	霜櫥
Wu	Shanghai	冰箱

Dialectal synonyms of 冰櫃 (“freezer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冰櫃
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	冰櫃
Cantonese	Hong Kong	冰箱, 冰櫃, 冰格
Southern Min	Jieyang	霜櫃

References

• Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia‎^[1]: “[…] but for a Chinatown Toishan speaker not exposed to Hong Kong Cantonese, the terms would be 吮塵偈 / 吮尘偈 (T) dyut-chihn gaai and 霜櫃 / 霜柜 (T) song-guih respectively.”