紅膏

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	ointment; paste
trad. (紅膏)		紅	膏
simp. #(紅膏)		紅	膏

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ang² go¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ang² go¹ [Phonetic: ang⁵ go¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ¹³⁻²¹ ko⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ang² go¹ [Phonetic: ang⁵ go¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ¹³⁻²¹ kɵ⁵³³/

Noun

紅膏 (Puxian Min)

1. the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of a female crab (as a food delicacy)
2. egg yolk
3. bragging

Synonyms

• (the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of a female crab):
  • 蟹黃／蟹黄 (xièhuáng)
  • (Cantonese, Hakka, Wu) 蟹膏
• (egg yolk):

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋黃 (“egg yolk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋黃, 卵黃
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蛋黃兒, 黃兒
	Taiwan	蛋黃
	Malaysia	蛋黃
	Singapore	蛋黃
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛋黃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	黃子
	Lanzhou	黃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蛋黃, 蛋黃黃, 黃黃
	Wuhan	蛋黃, 黃
	Guiyang	蛋黃
	Guilin	蛋黃
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蛋黃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛋黃
	Hong Kong	蛋黃, 黃
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蛋黃
Gan	Nanchang	蛋黃
	Lichuan	蛋黃
	Pingxiang	架架黃
Hakka	Meixian	卵黃
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	春黃
	Yudu	蛋黃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	卵黃, 卵仁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	卵黃, 卵仁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	卵黃, 卵仁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	卵黃, 卵仁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	卵黃, 卵仁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	卵黃, 卵仁
Jin	Xinzhou	黃子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	卵黃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	卵黃
	Fuzhou (Changle)	卵黃
	Fuqing	卵黃
	Yongtai	卵黃
	Gutian	卵黃
	Fu'an	卵黃
	Ningde	卵黃
	Shouning	卵黃
	Zhouning	卵黃
	Fuding	卵黃
Southern Min	Xiamen	卵仁
	Quanzhou	卵仁
	Jinjiang	卵仁
	Zhangzhou	卵仁
	Taipei	卵仁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	卵仁
	Kaohsiung	卵仁
	Yilan	卵仁
	Changhua (Lukang)	卵仁
	Taichung	卵仁
	Tainan	卵仁
	Hsinchu	卵仁
	Kinmen	卵仁
	Penghu (Magong)	卵仁
	Penang (Hokkien)	卵仁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卵仁
	Manila (Hokkien)	卵仁
	Longyan	卵仁
	Chaozhou	卵仁
	Jieyang	卵仁
	Leizhou	紅仁
	Haikou	卵黃
	Singapore (Hainanese)	卵黃, 卵仁
Puxian Min	Putian	雞卵膏, 卵膏, 紅膏, 黃膏
	Xianyou	雞卵膏, 卵膏, 紅膏
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蛋黃
Wu	Shanghai	蛋黃
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蛋黃
	Suzhou	蛋黃
	Danyang	子黃
	Hangzhou	蛋黃
	Ningbo	蛋黃
	Wenzhou	卵黃

• (bragging):

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• 口大 (kǒudà) (obsolete)
• 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
• 吹牛三 (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
• 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
• 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
• 呾卵話／呾卵话 (dan³ lang⁶ uê⁷) (Teochew)
• 喝仙 (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
• 嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
• 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
• 好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拉空 (la¹ kang¹) (Teochew)
• 拉誧／拉𰵩 (la¹ pu²) (Teochew)
• 放空 (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
• 放臭屁 (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 放風球／放风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 放風龜／放风龟 (pàng-hong-ku) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
• 白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
• 相空 (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 練扇空／练扇空 (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 膨風／膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
• 自矜 (zìjīn)
• 自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
• 自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
• 表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
• 誇／夸 (kuā)
• 誇口／夸口 (kuākǒu)
• 誇喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
• 誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
• 說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
• 講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
• 講空／讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 風龜／风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
• 鼓吹 (gǔchuī)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 說大話 (“to brag; to boast; to talk big”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說大話, 誇口, 吹噓, 誇口, 矜人, 自誇, 自詡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吹牛, 說大話, 吹大炮
	Harbin	吹大氣兒, 吹牛屄, 吹呼, 吹著嘮, 誇嘴, 吹
	Singapore	吹牛, 說大話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吹牛屄, 吹牛兒, 吹
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吹牛屄
	Wanrong	吹牛, 吹
	Xi'an	吹牛屄, 吹牛
	Xining	斬大話
	Xuzhou	吹牛屄
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吹牛屄
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	衝殼子, 吹殼子, 吹牛殼, 衝牛殼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吹牛, 吹牛屄, 吹
	Yangzhou	吹牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話, 放葫蘆, 吹牛觱, 車大炮, 吹
	Hong Kong	車大炮, 吹, 吹水
	Taishan	吹牛, 車大炮
	Dongguan	放葫蘆
Gan	Nanchang	吹牛屄
	Lichuan	吹膨兒
	Pingxiang	吹蒙子
Hakka	Meixian	車大炮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 歕雞胲, 嗙虎膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吹牛, 膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙屙膿膿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨風, 嗙雞胲, 講天缺, 落下頷, 屙痢屙肚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膨風, 歕雞胲, 臭彈, 落下頷, 屙膿屙血
Huizhou	Jixi	吹牛屄, 吹卵脬, 吹
Jin	Taiyuan	吹牛屄
	Xinzhou	吹達, 吹牛屄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	誇喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風龜, 相空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	Quanzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 放風球, 講空, 歕風, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙
	Zhangzhou	風龜, 風神, 風龜神, 相空, 練扇空, 歕風, 歕雞胿, 放空, 膨風, 喝仙, 喝
	Taipei	歕雞胿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歕雞胿
	Kaohsiung	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Yilan	臭彈, 歕雞胿
	Changhua (Lukang)	臭彈
	Taichung	歕雞胿, 烏白講
	Tainan	臭彈, 歕雞胿, 膨風, 畫虎𡳞, 放臭屁 GT, 放屁 GT, 講大聲話 GT
	Hsinchu	歕雞胿, 膨風
	Kinmen	歕雞胿
	Penghu (Magong)	歕雞胿
	Penang (Hokkien)	好臉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	好臉
	Manila (Hokkien)	喝仙, 放風
	Shantou	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧
	Jieyang	呾大話, 車大炮, 拉空, 拉誧, 喝
	Singapore (Teochew)	好臉
Wu	Shanghai	吹牛屄, 吹牛三
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吹牛屄
	Suzhou	吹牛屄, 吹牛三, 牛屄
	Danyang	吹牛屄
	Hangzhou	吹牛屄
	Ningbo	吹牛屄, 扯蛋, 扯老蛋, 講大話
Xiang	Loudi	吹牛皮
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “紅膏”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 7.