中部粽

Chinese

		middle; middle part; central section	rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
trad. (中部粽)		中部	粽
simp. #(中部粽)		中部	粽

Etymology

中部 (zhōngbù) is from an urban legend about the Taichung Legislative Yuan member Yen Ching-piao, who was said to have close relations with organized crime. It was said that people who have offended him would be killed and the corpse would be used as material for tetrapods.

粽 (zòng) is from Taiwanese Hokkien 肉粽角 (bah-chàng-kak, “tetrapod”). The appearance of tetrapods are thought to resemble zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings eaten on Dragon Boat Festival).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngbùzòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-pō͘-chàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngbùzòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongbùzòng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-pu⁴-tsung⁴
    • Yale: jūng-bù-dzùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongbuhtzonq
    • Palladius: чжунбуцзун (čžunbuczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-pō͘-chàng
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-pōo-tsàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongpoxzaxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡saŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡saŋ¹¹/

Noun

中部粽

1. (Taiwan, neologism, slang, humorous) tetrapod (a concrete structure used in breakwaters to absorb and reduce the energy of waves, such as along a shoreline)

Synonyms

• 消波塊／消波块 (xiāobōkuài)