蔻丹

Chinese

			red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
trad. (蔻丹)		蔻	丹
simp. #(蔻丹)		蔻	丹

Etymology

From English Cutex.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòudān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòudān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòudan
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-tan¹
    • Yale: kòu-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowdan
    • Palladius: коудань (koudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ daan¹
    • Yale: kau dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ taːn⁵⁵/

Noun

蔻丹

1. nail polish

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲油 (“nail polish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲油, 蔻丹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	指甲油
Cantonese	Guangzhou	指甲水
	Hong Kong	指甲油
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	指甲水
Southern Min	Tainan	掌甲花
Wu	Shanghai	節掐油