天婦羅

See also: 天妇罗

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (天婦羅)		天	婦	羅
simp. (天妇罗)		天	妇	罗
alternative forms		天麩羅／天麸罗 天富羅／天富罗

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天婦羅 (tenpura).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānfùluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thia̋n-pú-lah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānfùluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianfùluó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-fu⁴-lo²
    • Yale: tyān-fù-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfuhluo
    • Palladius: тяньфуло (tjanʹfulo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
    • Yale: tīn fúh lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fuː¹³ lɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thia̋n-pú-lah
    • Tâi-lô: thia̋n-pú-lah
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn³⁵ pu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn³⁵ pu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laʔ³²/

Note: Directly from Japanese..

Noun

天婦羅

1. tempura

Synonyms

• 甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	婦	羅
てん Grade: 1 (ateji)	ふ > ぷ Grade: 5 (ateji)	ら Grade: S (ateji)
on’yomi

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 天婦羅 – see the following entry.

【天麩羅てんぷら】 [noun] tempura: a Japanese dish made from seafood, chicken, or vegetables dipped in batter and deep fried Alternative spellings 天麸羅, 天ぷら, テンプラ

(This term, 天婦羅, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

This spelling swaps out the 麩 character meaning wheat gluten in reference to the batter used in making tempura, for the more-common character 婦 of the same reading, but meaning wife.