塑料

Chinese

		to model (a figure) in clay	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (塑料)		塑	料
simp. ^#(塑料)		塑	料

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùliào, suòliào

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ liu^6-2 / sok³ liu^6-2
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sog⁵ liau⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): só-lâiu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sok-liāu

(Teochew, Peng'im): suag⁴ liao⁷ / sog⁴ liao⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷soq-liau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùliào
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùliào
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-liao⁴
  - Yale: sù-lyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhliaw
  - Palladius: суляо (suljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùliàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùliàor
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-liao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: sù-lyàur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhliawl
  - Palladius: суляор (suljaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial, non-standard)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suòliào
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suòliào
  - Wade–Giles: so⁴-liao⁴
  - Yale: swò-lyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohliaw
  - Palladius: соляо (soljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suòliàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suòliàor
  - Wade–Giles: so⁴-liao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: swò-lyàur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohliawl
  - Palladius: соляор (soljaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ liu^6-2 / sok³ liu^6-2
  - Yale: sou líu / sok líu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ liu^6-2 / sok⁸ liu^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ liu^6-2 / sog³ liu^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/, /sɔːk̚³ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sog⁵ liau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɔk̚¹ liau⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: só-lâiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su²¹³⁻⁵³ l̃ɑu²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-liāu
  - Tâi-lô: sok-liāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokliau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ liau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ liau²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suag⁴ liao⁷ / sog⁴ liao⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suak liāu / sok liāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suak̚²⁻⁴ liau¹¹/, /sok̚²⁻⁴ liau¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷soq-liau
  - MiniDict: soh^入 liau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴soq-liau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ³³ liɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

塑料

(Mainland China) plastic (material)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 塑料 (“plastic”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		塑料
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	塑料
	Taiwan	塑膠, 塑料
	Malaysia	塑膠
	Singapore	塑膠
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	塑料
Cantonese	Guangzhou	塑料, 塑膠, 膠
	Hong Kong	塑膠, 膠
	Taishan	塑膠, 膠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	膠
Hakka	Meixian	塑料
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	塑膠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	塑膠
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	塑膠
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	塑膠
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	塑膠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	塑膠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	塑膠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	塑膠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	塑膠
Southern Min	Xiamen	塑料
	Quanzhou	塑料
	Zhangzhou	塑料
	Tainan	塑膠
	Manila (Hokkien)	塑膠
	Shantou	塑料
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	塑料
	Jieyang	塑料
Wu	Shanghai	塑料
Wu	Ningbo	塑膠

Descendants

→ Zhuang: suliu

Adjective

塑料

(Mainland China, figuratively) poor-quality; substandard; mediocre
(Mainland China, figuratively) fake; insincere

Derived terms

塑料姐妹花 (sùliào jiěmèihuā)
塑料布 (sùliàobù)
塑料普通話／塑料普通话 (sùliào pǔtōnghuà)
塑料炸彈／塑料炸弹
塑料磁
塑料花 (sùliàohuā)
塑料袋
泡沫塑料 (pàomò sùliào)

References

蔡俊明 [Cai Junming], editor (1991), “塑料 suak˨꜔ liau˩”, in 潮州方言詞滙／潮州方言词滙 (Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì), 香港 [Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 [The Chinese University of Hong Kong]