雪糕

Chinese

		snow	cake
trad. (雪糕)		雪	糕
simp. ^#(雪糕)		雪	糕

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Originally spread from Hong Kong Cantonese 雪糕 (syut³ gou¹)?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuěgāo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄠ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syut³ gou¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhut² gau¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiêd⁵ gau¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soat-ko / seh-ko͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): soh⁴ go¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷shiq-kau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuěgāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄍㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuěgao
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-kao¹
  - Yale: sywě-gāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuegau
  - Palladius: сюэгао (sjuegao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ gou¹
  - Yale: syut gōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ gou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ gou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ kou̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhut² gau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬut̚⁵⁵ kau³³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiêd⁵ gau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /siɛt̚¹ kau⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-ko
  - Tâi-lô: suat-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soatkoy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ko³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-ko͘
  - Tâi-lô: seh-koo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sehkof
  - IPA (Philippines): /se(ʔ)⁵ kɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: soh⁴ go¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: soh ko
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʔ²⁻⁴ ko³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷shiq-kau
  - MiniDict: shih^入 kau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xiq-kau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɪʔ³³ kɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

雪糕

(Mandarin, Hokkien, Wu) ice cream popsicle
(regional, dialectal) ice cream
(archaic) white rice cake
- 1690, 譯語類解／译语类解
  雪餻○셜교
  siuie gao / siuiex gaw: siergio
  雪餻／雪糕: white rice cake

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 冰淇淋 (“ice cream”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冰淇淋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	冰激凌
	Taiwan	冰淇淋
	Ulanhot	冰激凌
	Tongliao	冰激凌
	Chifeng	冰淇淋
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	冰激凌
	Harbin	冰糕
	Shenyang	冰糕
	Malaysia	冰淇淋
	Singapore	冰淇淋, 雪糕
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	冰攪凌
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	冰激凌
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	冰淇淋
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	冰淇淋
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	冰淇淋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	冰淇淋
	Wuhan	冰淇淋, 冰糕
	Kunming	冰淇淋
	Liuzhou	雪糕
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	冰淇淋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	冰淇淋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雪糕
	Hong Kong	雪糕
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雪糕
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雪糕
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雪糕
	Taishan	雪糕
	Dongguan	雪糕
	Yangjiang	雪糕
	Beihai	雪糕
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	冰淇淋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	冰淇淋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	冰淇淋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雪糕, 艾士忌廉
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雪糕
	Móng Cái	雪盒
Gan	Nanchang	冰淇淋
Hakka	Meixian	雪糕
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冰淇淋, 軟冰, 艾司庫淋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冰淇淋, 艾司庫淋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冰淇淋, 軟冰, 艾司庫淋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冰淇淋, 軟冰, 艾司庫淋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冰淇淋, 軟冰, 艾司庫淋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冰淇淋, 艾司庫淋
	Hong Kong	雪糕
Jin	Taiyuan	冰激凌
	Taibus (Baochang)	冰淇淋
	Jining	冰淇淋
	Hohhot	冰糕
	Baotou	冰淇淋
	Dongsheng	冰淇淋
	Haibowan	雪糕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冰淇淋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	冰淇淋
Southern Min	Xiamen	冰淇淋, 霜糕, 冰糕
	Taipei	冰淇淋, ái-sirh khu-lìn-mù
	Penang (Hokkien)	激凌, aiskrim
	Singapore (Hokkien)	ice cream, 霜糕
	Manila (Hokkien)	ice cream, 雪糕, 冰淇淋
	Chaozhou	雪糕
	Shantou	雪糕
	Jieyang	雪糕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	雪糕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雪糕
	Singapore (Teochew)	ice cream, 霜糕
Wu	Shanghai	冰淇淋, 冷飲
	Suzhou	冰淇淋, 冷飲
	Wuxi	冷飲
	Ningbo	冰淇淋
	Wenzhou	冰淇淋, 雪糕
Xiang	Changsha	冰淇淋
Xiang	Shuangfeng	冰淇淋

Dialectal synonyms of 冰棍 (“ice popsicle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冰棍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	冰棍兒, 雪糕
	Taiwan	冰棒
	Ulanhot	冰棍兒
	Tongliao	冰棍兒
	Chifeng	冰棍兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	冰棍兒
	Shenyang	冰果兒
	Malaysia	冰淇淋, 冰條 †
	Singapore	冰淇淋
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	冰棍兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	冰糕, 冰棍兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	冰糕
	Wanrong	冰棍兒, 冰糕
	Zhengzhou	冰糕
	Xi'an	冰棍兒
	Xuzhou	冰糕, 冰棍兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	冰棍, 雪糕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	冰糕
	Wuhan	冰棒, 雪糕, 冰燭 dated
	Guiyang	冰棒
	Kunming	冰棒
	Liuzhou	雪條
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	冰棒
	Yangzhou	冰棒, 棒冰
	Nantong	冰棒
	Hefei	冰棒
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	冰箸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雪條
	Hong Kong	雪條
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雪條, 雪糕條
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	雪條
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雪條
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雪條
	Macau	雪條
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雪條
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雪條
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雪條
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雪條
	Foshan	雪條
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雪條
	Foshan (Shunde)	雪條
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雪條
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雪條
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雪條
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	雪條
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	雪條
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雪條
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雪條
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雪條
	Taishan	雪條
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雪條
	Enping (Niujiang)	雪條
	Heshan (Yayao)	雪條
	Dongguan	雪條
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雪條
	Shaoguan	雪條
	Yunfu	雪條
	Yangjiang	雪條
	Xinyi	雪條
	Lianjiang	雪條
	Nanning	雪條
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雪條
Gan	Nanchang	冰棒
	Lichuan	冰棒
	Pingxiang	冰
Hakka	Meixian	雪枝
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雪條
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雪條
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	雪條
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雪條
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	雪條
	Yudu	冰棒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	枝仔冰
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	枝仔冰, 冰枝仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	枝仔冰, 枝冰
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	枝冰
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	枝仔冰, 雪條, 枝冰
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	枝子冰
	Hong Kong	雪條
Huizhou	Jixi	冰棒
Jin	Taiyuan	冰棍兒, 冰糕
	Taibus (Baochang)	冰棍兒
	Linhe	冰棍兒
	Jining	冰棍兒
	Hohhot	冰棍兒
	Baotou	冰棍兒
	Dongsheng	冰棍兒
	Haibowan	冰棍兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冰箸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	冰箸
Eastern Min	Fuqing	冰箸
Southern Min	Xiamen	霜條, 冰條
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	霜條
	Quanzhou	冰條
	Zhangzhou	霜條, 冰條
	Taipei	枝仔冰
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	枝仔冰
	Kaohsiung	枝仔冰
	Yilan	枝仔冰, 霜仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	枝仔冰
	Taichung	枝仔冰
	Taichung (Wuqi)	枝仔冰
	Tainan	冰枝
	Taitung	枝仔冰
	Hsinchu	枝仔冰
	Kinmen	霜枝
	Penghu (Magong)	枝仔冰
	Singapore (Hokkien)	霜糕
	Longyan	霜條
	Chaozhou	雪條
	Jieyang	雪條
	Bangkok (Teochew)	霜枝
	Singapore (Teochew)	霜糕
	Leizhou	雪條
	Haikou	冰枝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	雪條
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雪條
Wu	Shanghai	棒冰
	Suzhou	棒冰
	Danyang	棒冰
	Hangzhou	棒冰
	Ningbo	棒冰
	Wenzhou	冰條, 棒冰
	Jinhua	棒冰
Xiang	Changsha	冰棒, 紙包冰 dated
	Shuangfeng	冰棒
	Quanzhou	冰棍
Note	† - popsicle without stick

Derived terms

雪糕三文治
雪糕機／雪糕机 (xuěgāojī)
雪糕筒 (xuěgāotǒng)

Descendants

→ Early Modern Korean: 셜교 (syelkywo, “white rice cake”)
- Korean: 설기 (seolgi, “white rice cake”)