天婦羅

See also: 天妇罗

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (天婦羅)		天	婦	羅
simp. (天妇罗)		天	妇	罗

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (tenpura).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānfùluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fu⁵ lo⁴

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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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 天婦羅

1. tempura

Synonyms

• 天麩羅／天麸罗 (tiānfūluó)
• 甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)
• 天富羅／天富罗 (tiānfùluó)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	婦	羅
てん Grade: 1	ふ > ぷ Grade: 5	ら Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

天(てん)婦(ぷ)羅(ら) or 天婦羅(テンプラ) • (tenpura) 

1. Alternative spelling of 天麩羅: tempura: a Japanese dish made from seafood, chicken, or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried

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.