竹輪

See also: 竹轮

Chinese

		bamboo	wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (竹輪)		竹	輪
simp. (竹轮)		竹	轮

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 竹(ちく)輪(わ) (chikuwa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlún
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-lun²
    • Yale: jú-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwuluen
    • Palladius: чжулунь (čžulunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ leon⁴
    • Yale: jūk lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ lɵn²¹/

Noun

竹輪

1. chikuwa (tube-shaped fish-paste cake)

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong) 獅子狗／狮子狗 (shīzigǒu), 獅子狗卷／狮子狗卷 (shīzǐgǒu juǎn), 獅子狗魚蛋／狮子狗鱼蛋

Japanese

竹輪 (chikuwa): a piece of chikuwa showing the representative tube shape.

Kanji in this term
竹	輪
ちく Grade: 1	わ Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of 竹 (chiku, “bamboo”) +‎ 輪 (wa, “ring”), from the resemblance to a piece of bamboo.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちくわ [chìkúwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠]

Noun

竹(ちく)輪(わ) • (chikuwa) 

1. chikuwa (tube-shaped fish-paste cake), a particular way of preparing kamaboko