糖仔

Chinese

		sugar; sweets; candy	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (糖仔)		糖	仔
simp. #(糖仔)		糖	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thòng-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thn̂g-á / thôⁿ--á

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòng-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: tong^ˇ e^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tong² e³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ¹¹ e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Wanhua, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Wuqi, Tainan, Taitung, Yilan, Lukang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thn̂g-á
    • Tâi-lô: thn̂g-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tng'ar
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰŋ̍²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰŋ̍²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰŋ̍²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Tainan, Yilan): /tʰŋ̍²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /tʰŋ̍²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰŋ̍¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thôⁿ--á
    • Tâi-lô: thônn--á

Noun

糖仔

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) sweets; candy
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, slang) amphetamine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 糖果 (“candy; sweets”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		糖果
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	糖果兒
	Taiwan	糖果
	Singapore	糖, 糖果
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	花糖
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	糖
Southwestern Mandarin	Nanning (Wuming)	糖, 糖果
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	糖果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	糖
	Hong Kong	糖
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	麻糖
	Taishan	磨糖
	Kaiping (Chikan)	麻糖
	Dongguan	麻糖
	Yangjiang	糖仔
	Beihai	糖膠
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	糖膠
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	糖膠
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	糖膠
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	糖仔
	Móng Cái	糖膠
Hakka	Meixian	糖仔, 糖果
	Yudu	糖子, 糖
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	糖仔, 甘糖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	糖仔, 甘糖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	糖仔, 甘糖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	糖, 甘糖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	糖仔, 甘糖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	糖, 甘糖
	Hong Kong	麻糖, 糖仔
Huizhou	Jixi	糖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	糖
	Matsu	金含
Southern Min	Xiamen	糖仔
	Quanzhou	糖仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	糖仔
	Kaohsiung	糖仔
	Yilan	糖仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	糖仔
	Taichung	糖仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	糖仔
	Tainan	糖仔
	Taitung	糖仔
	Hsinchu	糖仔
	Penghu (Magong)	金含仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛糖
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅毛糖
	Manila (Hokkien)	糖仔
	Longyan	糖仔
	Chaozhou	糖果
	Shantou	糖果
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	金含
	Jieyang	金含, 糖
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅毛糖, 糖
	Leizhou	糖糕, 糖囝
	Haikou	糖囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	麻糖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	糖
Wu	Suzhou	糖
	Hangzhou	糖
	Wenzhou	糖兒
	Jinhua	紙包糖
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	桔桔糖
Xiang	Changsha	糖粒子

• (amphetamine): 安非他明 (ānfēitāmíng), 安非他命 (ānfēitāmìng), 苯丙胺 (běnbǐng'àn)

Derived terms

• 糖仔餅／糖仔饼

 

References

• Tu Shu-Ying (涂淑瑩) (2007) 矯正機關收容少年黑話之研究 [Sociolinguistic Analysis of Slang in Juvenile Correction Facilities] (Thesis) (in Chinese), New Taipei: National Taipei University, page 136
• Lee Chun Hua (李俊華) (2019) 苗栗看守所收容人犯罪隱語研究 [A Study of Inmates' Argots at Miaoli Correctional Institution] (Thesis) (in Chinese), Miaoli: National United University, page 90