麵龜

Chinese

		flour; noodles	tortoise; turtle
trad. (麵龜/麪龜)		麵/麪	龜
simp. (面龟)		面	龟

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mī-ku

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-ku
    • Tâi-lô: mī-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mixkw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ⁴¹⁻²² ku³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ³³⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ³³⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/

Noun

麵龜

1. (Southern Min) a kind of food made of flour shaped like a turtle served on birthdays (usually dyed red externally and stuffing like mung bean and sweetened red bean paste)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 壽龜／寿龟

Related terms

• 壽桃／寿桃 (shòutáo)