蒜仔

Chinese

		garlic	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (蒜仔)		蒜	仔
simp. #(蒜仔)		蒜	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): son-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soàn-á / sǹg-á

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: son-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: son e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: son⁴ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /son⁵⁵ e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soàn-á
    • Tâi-lô: suàn-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafn'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /suan²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǹg-á
    • Tâi-lô: sǹg-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngfar
    • IPA (Singapore): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴² a⁴²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

蒜仔

1. (Hakka, Southern Min) garlic
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) tender rachis of the garlic

Synonyms

• (garlic): 大蒜 (dàsuàn); (Cantonese) 蒜子

Dialectal synonyms of 蒜苗 (“garlic shoot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蒜苗
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蒜苗
	Singapore	蒜苗
Southern Min	Taipei	蒜仔 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蒜仔
Wu	Shanghai	蒜苗
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 蒜仔花