pháng

Min Nan

trad.		麭*
simp.		𮮆

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese パン (pan, “bread”), from Portuguese pão (“bread”), from Latin panem, accusative singular form of panis (“bread”). Compare French pain, Italian pane, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan.

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháng
  • Tâi-lô: pháng
  • Phofsit Daibuun: pharng
  • IPA (Taipei): /pʰaŋ⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ⁴¹/

Noun

1. (Taiwan) bread

Synonyms

• 麵包／面包 (mī-pau)

References

• “Entry #31118”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.