保麗龍

See also: 保丽龙

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	beautiful; Korea	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (保麗龍)		保	麗	龍
simp. (保丽龙)		保	丽	龙

Etymology

From English polystyrene foam, the technical term for styrofoam.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎolìlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎolìlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎolìlóng
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-li⁴-lung²
    • Yale: bǎu-lì-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baolihlong
    • Palladius: баолилун (baolilun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

保麗龍

1. styrofoam (polymer)

Synonyms

• 發泡膠／发泡胶 (fāpàojiāo)