麻花兒

Chinese

		fried dough twist; wearing thin; worn out	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (麻花兒)		麻花	兒
simp. (麻花儿)		麻花	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): máhuār

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ma² huar¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ma¹ huar¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máhuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máhuar
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: má-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mahual
    • Palladius: махуар (maxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ma² huar¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma²¹ xuɚ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ma¹ huar¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ma¹¹ xuɑɻ¹¹/

Noun

麻花兒

1. (Mandarin, Jin) Erhua form of 麻花 (máhuā, “fried dough twist”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麻花 (“fried dough twist”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麻花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	麻花兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	麻花
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	麻花兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	麻花兒
	Xi'an	麻糖, 麻花
	Xining	麻花兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	麻花子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	麻花兒
	Guiyang	麻花
	Liuzhou	麻花
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	麻花
	Yangzhou	麻花子
Gan	Nanchang	麻花
	Pingxiang	麻花絲
Huizhou	Jixi	麵線
Jin	Taiyuan	麻花兒
	Xinzhou	麻花子
Southern Min	Tainan	枷車藤 GT
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	麻花
Wu	Shanghai	脆麻花, 絞連棒
Xiang	Loudi	麻花

Descendants

• → Japanese: 麻(マ)花(ファー)兒(ル) (mafāru)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麻	花	兒
ま Grade: S	ふぁー Grade: 1	る Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 麻花兒 / 麻花儿 (máhuār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɸa̠ːɾɯ̟]

Noun

麻花兒(マファール) • (mafāru) 

1. mahua, a Chinese snack also associated with Japanese Chinatowns

   Synonym: (Nagasaki) よりより (yoriyori)