ปาท่องโก๋
Thai
editEtymology
editFrom Cantonese 白糖糕 (baak6 tong4 gou1); originally referring to white sugar sponge cake, later also referring to youtiao which was generally sold together.
Pronunciation
editOrthographic | ปาท่องโก๋ p ā d ˋ ɒ ŋ o k ˇ | |
Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short} | ปา-ท็่อง-โก๋ p ā – d ˘ ˋ ɒ ŋ – o k ˇ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | bpaa-tɔ̂ng-gǒo |
Royal Institute | pa-thong-ko | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /paː˧.tʰɔŋ˥˩.koː˩˩˦/(R) |
Noun
editปาท่องโก๋ • (bpaa-tɔ̂ng-gǒo)
- white sugar sponge cake
- youtiao, often sold in the form of paired sticks.
- (slang, figurative) pair or couple of very close or intimate persons (as friends, lovers, etc), especially ones that often stick together.
Descendants
edit- → Lao: ປາທ່ອງໂກ໋ (pā thǭng kō, “youtiao”)