笑口棗

Chinese

		laugh; smile	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	jujube
trad. (笑口棗)		笑	口	棗
simp. (笑口枣)		笑	口	枣
Literally: “jujube with a smiling mouth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàokǒuzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄗㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ hau² zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàokǒuzǎo [Phonetic: xiàokóuzǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàokǒuzǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-kʻou³-tsao³
    • Yale: syàu-kǒu-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawkooutzao
    • Palladius: сяокоуцзао (sjaokouczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ hau² zou²
    • Yale: siu háu jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ hau² dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ heo² zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Noun

笑口棗

1. (chiefly Cantonese) deep-fried sesame cookie ball (Classifier: 粒 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 開口笑 (“deep-fried sesame cookie ball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開口笑
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	開口兒笑
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	開口棗
	Nanning (Wuming)	開口棗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笑口棗, 開口棗, 坼口棗
	Hong Kong	笑口棗
	Dongguan	笑口棗
	Nanning	開口棗
	Nanning (Tanka)	開口棗
Hakka	Meixian	笑棗, 開口笑
Southern Min	Shantou	開口棗
Wu	Suzhou	開口笑
	Hangzhou	開口笑
	Wenzhou	開口笑, 麻球