鳥結糖

Chinese

		phonetic	sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (鳥結糖)		鳥結	糖
simp. (鸟结糖)		鸟结	糖

Etymology

From English nougat + Chinese 糖 (táng, “sweets; candy”), via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎojiétáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ git³ tong^4-2 / niu^5-1 git³ tong^4-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵gniau-ciq-daon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎojiétáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎojiétáng
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-chieh²-tʻang²
    • Yale: nyǎu-jyé-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaujyetarng
    • Palladius: няоцзетан (njaoczetan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ git³ tong^4-2 / niu^5-1 git³ tong^4-2
    • Yale: níuh git tóng / nīu git tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ git⁸ tong^4-2 / niu^5-1 git⁸ tong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ gid³ tong^4-2 / niu^5-1 gid³ tong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ kiːt̚³ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /niːu̯¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiːt̚³ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵gniau-ciq-daon
    • MiniDict: nyau^去 cih daon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'nyiau-jiq-daan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɔ³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

Noun

鳥結糖

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Wu) nougat (Classifier: 粒 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牛軋糖 (“nougat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牛軋糖
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鳥結糖
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛軋糖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牛筋糖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牛筋糖, 牛軋糖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牛軋糖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牛筋糖, 牛軋糖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛軋糖
Wu	Shanghai	牛軋糖, 鳥結糖