牛軋糖

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See also: 牛轧糖

Chinese

phonetic sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (牛軋糖) 牛軋 糖
simp. (牛轧糖) 牛轧 糖

Etymology

From English nougat or French nougat + Chinese 糖 (táng, “sweet; candy”), via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Noun

牛軋糖

  1. nougat (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 塊／块 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牛軋糖 (“nougat”)
Variety Location Words
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 牛軋糖
Cantonese Hong Kong 鳥結糖
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛軋糖
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 牛筋糖
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 牛筋糖, 牛軋糖
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 牛軋糖
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 牛筋糖, 牛軋糖
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 牛軋糖
Wu Shanghai 牛軋糖, 鳥結糖
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