粉粿

Chinese

		dust; powder	cooked rice for making cake
trad. (粉粿)		粉	粿
simp. #(粉粿)		粉	粿
alternative forms		粉餜／粉馃 粉果

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěnguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan² gwo²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hún-kóe / hún-ké / hún-kér

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hung² guê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěnguǒ [Phonetic: fénguǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fěnguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: fên³-kuo³
    • Yale: fěn-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feenguoo
    • Palladius: фэньго (fɛnʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan² gwo²
    • Yale: fán gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan² gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen² guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-kóe
    • Tâi-lô: hún-kué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwnkoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-ké
    • Tâi-lô: hún-ké
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwnkea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-kér
    • Tâi-lô: hún-kér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hung² guê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: húng kué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kue⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

粉粿

1. fun guo (a type of dumpling from the Chaoshan region in Guangdong)
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) jelly cake made of sweet potato

Synonyms

• (fun guo): 潮州粉粿 (Cháozhōu fěnguǒ)

Descendants

• → English: fun guo, fun gor

References

• “Entry #6487”, 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.