塑料

Chinese

		to model (a figure) in clay	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (塑料)		塑	料
simp. #(塑料)		塑	料

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùliào, suòliào

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ liu^6-2 / sok³ liu^6-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sog⁵ liau⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): só-lâiu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sok-liāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suag⁴ liao⁷ / sog⁴ liao⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷soq-liau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùliào
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùliào
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-liao⁴
    • Yale: sù-lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhliaw
    • Palladius: суляо (suljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùliàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùliàor
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-liao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: sù-lyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhliawl
    • Palladius: суляор (suljaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial, non-standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suòliào
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suòliào
    • Wade–Giles: so⁴-liao⁴
    • Yale: swò-lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohliaw
    • Palladius: соляо (soljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suòliàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suòliàor
    • Wade–Giles: so⁴-liao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: swò-lyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohliawl
    • Palladius: соляор (soljaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ liu^6-2 / sok³ liu^6-2
    • Yale: sou líu / sok líu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ liu^6-2 / sok⁸ liu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ liu^6-2 / sog³ liu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/, /sɔːk̚³ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sog⁵ liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɔk̚¹ liau⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: só-lâiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su²¹³⁻⁵³ l̃ɑu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-liāu
    • Tâi-lô: sok-liāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokliau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ liau⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ liau²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suag⁴ liao⁷ / sog⁴ liao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suak liāu / sok liāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suak̚²⁻⁴ liau¹¹/, /sok̚²⁻⁴ liau¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷soq-liau
    • MiniDict: soh^入 liau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴soq-liau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ³³ liɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

塑料

1. (Mainland China) plastic (material)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 塑料 (“plastic”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		塑料
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	塑料
	Taiwan	塑膠, 塑料
	Malaysia	塑膠
	Singapore	塑膠
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	塑料
Cantonese	Guangzhou	塑料, 塑膠, 膠
	Hong Kong	塑膠, 膠
	Taishan	塑膠, 膠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	膠
Hakka	Meixian	塑料
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	塑膠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	塑膠
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	塑膠
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	塑膠
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	塑膠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	塑膠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	塑膠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	塑膠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	塑膠
Southern Min	Xiamen	塑料
	Quanzhou	塑料
	Zhangzhou	塑料
	Tainan	塑膠
	Manila (Hokkien)	塑膠
	Shantou	塑料
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	塑料
	Jieyang	塑料
Wu	Shanghai	塑料
	Ningbo	塑膠

Descendants

• → Zhuang: suliu

Adjective

塑料

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, figuratively) poor-quality; substandard; mediocre
2. (Mainland China, Internet slang, figuratively) fake; insincere

Derived terms

• 塑料姐妹花 (sùliào jiěmèihuā)
• 塑料布 (sùliàobù)
• 塑料普通話 / 塑料普通话 (sùliào pǔtōnghuà)
• 塑料炸彈 / 塑料炸弹
• 塑料磁
• 塑料花 (sùliàohuā)
• 塑料袋
• 泡沫塑料 (pàomò sùliào)

References

• 蔡俊明 [Choy Chun-ming], editor (1991), “塑料 suak˨꜔ liau˩”, in 潮州方言詞滙 [Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì], 香港 [Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學 [The Chinese University of Hong Kong]