芝麻球

Chinese

			ball; sphere
trad. (芝麻球)		芝麻	球
simp. #(芝麻球)		芝麻	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīmaqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ maa⁴ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmaqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmåcióu
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-ma⁵-chʻiu²
    • Yale: jr̄-ma-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.machyou
    • Palladius: чжимацю (čžimacju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ maa⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: jī màh kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ maa⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ma⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

芝麻球

1. sesame ball

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芝麻球 (“sesame ball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芝麻球
Mandarin	Beijing	麻糰
	Taiwan	芝麻球
	Wuhan	歡喜坨
	Nanjing	麻糰
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煎堆, 油堆
	Hong Kong	煎堆
	Taishan	糍仔
	Dongguan	煎堆
	Yangjiang	煎糍仔
Gan	Pingxiang	麻圓
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	油錐仔
Huizhou	Jixi	麻球
Northern Min	Jian'ou	油煎棗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	碌堆
Wu	Shanghai	麻球
	Danyang	麻糰
	Hangzhou	麻球
	Wenzhou	油卵
	Jinhua	麻球