塑膠

See also: 塑胶

Chinese

		to model (a figure) in clay	glue; gum
trad. (塑膠)		塑	膠
simp. (塑胶)		塑	胶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sok³ gaau¹ / sou³ gaau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sok² gau¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sok-kâu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùjiao
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-chiao¹
    • Yale: sù-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhjiau
    • Palladius: суцзяо (suczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sok³ gaau¹ / sou³ gaau¹
    • Yale: sok gāau / sou gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ gaau¹ / sou³ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³ gao¹ / sou³ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/, /sou̯³³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

Note: sou3 gaau1 - prescriptive.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sok² gau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔk̚⁵⁵ kau³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok-kâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: sog` gau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sog⁵ gau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sok̚² kau̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-ka
    • Tâi-lô: sok-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokkaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/

Noun

塑膠

1. synthetic resin; plastic cement (used as flooring material, etc.)
2. (regional, including Taiwan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Malaysian, Singapore and Philippine Hokkien) plastic (material)
3. (figurative, Taiwan, neologism, slang) someone or something that is unimportant and thus ignored

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
	Ningbo	塑膠

Derived terms

• 三聚氰胺塑膠／三聚氰胺塑胶
• 塑膠工業／塑胶工业
• 塑膠布／塑胶布
• 塑膠炸彈／塑胶炸弹
• 塑膠玻璃／塑胶玻璃
• 塑膠簏仔／塑胶簏仔
• 塑膠絡仔／塑胶络仔
• 塑膠花／塑胶花
• 塑膠袋／塑胶袋 (sùjiāodài)
• 塑膠袋仔／塑胶袋仔 (sok-ka-tē-á)
• 塑膠貨幣／塑胶货币
• 工程塑膠／工程塑胶
• 氟碳塑膠／氟碳塑胶
• 泡沫塑膠／泡沫塑胶

 

See also

• 樹膠／树胶 (shùjiāo)

Verb

塑膠

1. (Taiwan, neologism, slang) to ignore someone; to not pay attention to someone (as if he/she is made of plastic)

   被塑膠／被塑胶  ―  bèi sùjiāo  ―  to be ignored

Further reading

• (Min Nan pronunciation audio) “Entry #9428”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.