天婦羅

See also: 天妇罗

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (天婦羅)	天	婦	羅
simp. (天妇罗)	天	妇	罗
alternative forms	天麩羅／天麸罗天富羅／天富罗

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天婦羅 (tenpura).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānfùluó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiăn-pú-lah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānfùluó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianfùluó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-fu⁴-lo²
  - Yale: tyān-fù-lwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfuhluo
  - Palladius: тяньфуло (tjanʹfulo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    天婦羅／天妇罗
    天富羅／天富罗
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
  - Yale: tīn fúh lòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fuː¹³ lɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiăn-pú-lah
  - Tâi-lô: thia̋n-pú-lah
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn³⁵ pu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn³⁵ pu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laʔ³²/

Note: thiăn-pú-lah - Directly from Japanese 天婦羅(てんぷら) (tenpura).

Noun

天婦羅

tempura

Synonyms

甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	婦	羅
てん Grade: 1 (ateji)	ふ > ぷ Grade: 5 (ateji)	ら Grade: S (ateji)
on'yomi

Definitions

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
天麸羅, 天ぷら, テンプラ

(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.