牛軋糖

See also: 牛轧糖

Chinese

		phonetic	sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (牛軋糖)		牛軋	糖
simp. (牛轧糖)		牛轧	糖

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúgátáng, niúzhātáng, niúgātáng, niúzhátáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄚˊ ㄊㄤˊ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚ ㄊㄤˊ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄚ ㄊㄤˊ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚˊ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ gaat³ tong^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-kâ-thòng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnieu-gaq-daon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúgátáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄚˊ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióugátáng
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-ka²-tʻang²
    • Yale: nyóu-gá-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niougartarng
    • Palladius: нюгатан (njugatan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ kä³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúzhātáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióujhatáng
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-cha¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: nyóu-jā-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujatarng
    • Palladius: нючжатан (njučžatan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúgātáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄚ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióugatáng
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-ka¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: nyóu-gā-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niougatarng
    • Palladius: нюгатан (njugatan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ kä⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúzhátáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚˊ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióujhátáng
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-cha²-tʻang²
    • Yale: nyóu-já-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujartarng
    • Palladius: нючжатан (njučžatan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ gaat³ tong^4-2
    • Yale: ngàuh gaat tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ gaat⁸ tong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ gad³ tong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ kaːt̚³ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-kâ-thòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ ga´ tongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² ga¹ tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ ka²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-gaq-daon
    • MiniDict: nyeu^去 gah daon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyieu-gaq-daan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ²² ɡaʔ⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

Noun

牛軋糖

1. nougat (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 塊／块 m)

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