冬粉

Chinese

		winter	dust; powder
trad. (冬粉)		冬	粉
simp. #(冬粉)		冬	粉
alternative forms		東粉／东粉

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 山東粉?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngfěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ fan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tang-hún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngfěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongfěn
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-fên³
    • Yale: dūng-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongfeen
    • Palladius: дунфэнь (dunfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ fan²
    • Yale: dūng fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-hún
    • Tâi-lô: tang-hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: danghuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ hun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴¹/

Noun

冬粉

1. (chiefly Southern Min, Taiwan, Singapore) cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli; mung bean noodles(Classifier: 把)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 粉絲 (“cellophane noodles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		粉絲
Mandarin	Beijing	粉, 粉絲
	Taiwan	粉絲, 冬粉
	Harbin	粉絲
	Yantai (Muping)	粉絲, 粉絲子
	Jinan	細粉條兒, 粉絲
	Luoyang	粉絲兒
	Wanrong	粉絲
	Xi'an	粉絲, 粉絲兒
	Yinchuan	粉絲
	Lanzhou	粉絲子
	Xining	粉絲兒
	Ürümqi	粉絲兒
	Wuhan	線粉, 粉條
	Chengdu	粉絲, 粉, 粉條, 條粉
	Liuzhou	粉絲
	Yangzhou	粉絲, 索粉
	Nanjing	粉絲, 索粉
	Hefei	粉絲
	Singapore	冬粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粉絲
	Hong Kong	粉絲
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	來絲, 粉仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	粉絲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	來絲仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	粉仔
	Macau	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	粉絲
	Foshan	粉絲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	粉仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	粉絲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	粉絲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	粉絲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	粉絲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	珍絲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	粉絲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	粉絲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	粉絲
	Taishan	細粉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	細粉
	Enping (Niujiang)	細粉
	Heshan (Yayao)	粉絲
	Dongguan	來絲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	粉絲
	Yangjiang	鬚粉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	粉絲, 冬粉
Gan	Nanchang	線粉
Hakka	Meixian	粉絲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	粉絲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	來絲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	粉絲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	粉仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	米絲
	Yudu	粉絲
	Hong Kong	來絲仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	冬粉
Huizhou	Jixi	粉絲
Jin	Taiyuan	粉絲, 細粉, 細粉絲
	Xinzhou	粉絲子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	粉絲, 山東粉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	粉絲, 山東粉
	Matsu	山東粉
Southern Min	Xiamen	冬粉, 粉絲
	Quanzhou	冬粉
	Zhangzhou	冬粉, 粉仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	冬粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冬粉
	Manila (Hokkien)	冬粉, 山東粉
	Chaozhou	粉絲
	Jieyang	粉條, 粉絲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	豆簽, 冬粉
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	珍絲
	Sanxiang	珍絲
Wu	Shanghai	線粉, 粉絲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	索粉, 線粉
	Suzhou	線粉, 索粉 wet
	Danyang	索粉
	Hangzhou	線粉
	Ningbo	線粉
	Wenzhou	洋粉
Xiang	Changsha	湘粉, 粉絲, 南粉, 西粉 less common
	Shuangfeng	南粉

Descendants

• → English: tang hoon
• → Malay: tanghun