花士令

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (花士令)		花	士	令
simp. #(花士令)		花	士	令

Etymology

Borrowed from English vaseline.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāshìlìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ si⁶ ling^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāshìlìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huashìhlìng
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-shih⁴-ling⁴
    • Yale: hwā-shr̀-lìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huashyhlinq
    • Palladius: хуашилин (xuašilin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ si⁶ ling^6-2
    • Yale: fā sih líng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ si⁶ ling^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ xi⁶ ling^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ siː²² lɪŋ²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

花士令

1. (Cantonese) vaseline; petroleum jelly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 凡士林 (“vaseline; petroleum jelly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		凡士林, 礦脂
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	凡士林
Cantonese	Guangzhou	花士令
	Hong Kong	花士令
	Dongguan	花士令
Gan	Nanchang	凡士林
Hakka	Meixian	花士林, 花凡士
	Xingning	花士林
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	凡士林
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	凡士林
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	凡士林
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	凡士林
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	凡士林
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	凡士林
Southern Min	Xiamen	凡士林, 礦脂
Wu	Shanghai	凡士林