吸管

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Chinese

to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
 
to take care (of); to control; to manage
to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
 
trad. (吸管) 吸 管
simp. #(吸管) 吸 管
alternative forms 欶管 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Noun

吸管

  1. drinking straw (Classifier: 支 m)
  2. pipette

Synonyms

  • (drinking straw):
Dialectal synonyms of 吸管 (“drinking straw”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吸管
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 吸管兒
Taiwan 吸管
Malaysia 吸管, 水草
Singapore 吸管, 水草
Central Plains Mandarin Xuzhou 吸管兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 吸管, 飲筒
Hong Kong 飲筒, 飲管
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 水草
Ipoh (Guangfu) 水草
Singapore (Guangfu) 水草
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 唶管
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 唰管
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 嗍管
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 吸管
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 唰管仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 唶管
Sabah (Bao'an) 水草
Southern Min Quanzhou 蔥管
New Taipei (Tamsui) 嗍栱
Kaohsiung 嗍栱
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 嗍栱
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 嗍栱
Yilan (Toucheng) 嗍栱
Tainan (Anping) 嗍栱
Penghu (Xiyu) 嗍栱
Penang (Hokkien) 嗍草
Singapore (Hokkien) 水草
Manila (Hokkien) 嗍栱
Wu Shanghai 吸管
Wenzhou 皮管
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