地瓜腔

Chinese

		sweet potato; jicama	cavity of body; tune
trad. (地瓜腔)		地瓜	腔
simp. #(地瓜腔)		地瓜	腔
Literally: “sweet potato accent”.

Etymology

Coined because sweet potatoes feature heavily in the cuisines of Taiwan and the Hokkien-speaking regions of mainland China.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìguāqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìguāqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìguaciang
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-kua¹-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: dì-gwā-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihguachiang
    • Palladius: дигуацян (diguacjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

地瓜腔

1. strong non-native accent of native Hokkien speakers when speaking Mandarin