onomatopoeic representation of laughter | power; force; strength | gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome | ||
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simp. and trad. (哈力克) |
哈 | 力 | 克 |
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哈力克
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 爆米花, 玉米花 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 爆米花 |
Harbin | 包米花兒 | |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 炸米花兒, 炸花兒, 爆米花兒 |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 爆穀 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 崩米花兒, 爆米花兒 |
Southern Min | Taipei | 磅米芳 GT, 磅番麥 GT |
Wu | Shanghai | 哈力克 |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |