天婦羅

See also: 天妇罗

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (天婦羅)		天	婦	羅
simp. (天妇罗)		天	妇	罗

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (tenpura).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānfùluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: tiānfùluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfuhluo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianfùluó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ lwɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 天婦羅／天妇罗 天富羅／天富罗

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
    • Yale: tīn fúh lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fuː¹³ lɔː²¹/

Noun

天婦羅

1. tempura

Synonyms

• 天麩羅／天麸罗 (tiānfūluó)
• 甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)
• 天富羅／天富罗 (tiānfùluó)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	婦	羅
てん Grade: 1	ふ > ぷ Grade: 5	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 天婦羅 – see the following entry.

【天麩羅てんぷら】 [noun] tempura: a Japanese dish made from seafood, chicken, or vegetables dipped in batter and deep fried Alternative spellings 天婦羅, 天ぷら, テンプラ, てんぷら

(This term, 天婦羅, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

This spelling swaps out the 麩 character meaning wheat gluten in reference to the batter used in making tempura, for the more-common character 婦 of the same reading, but meaning wife.