豬番

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Chinese

hog; pig; swine
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
 
trad. (豬番) 豬 番
simp. (猪番) 猪 番

Etymology

Euphemism for 豬腸／猪肠 (de1 deng5), where 腸／肠 (deng5, “intestine”), homophonous to 唐 (deng5, “ethnic Chinese”), is replaced with its antonym 番 (huang1, “non-Chinese”) (Yang, 2004).

Pronunciation

Noun

豬番

  1. (Southeast Asian Teochew) pig intestines (food)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豬大腸 (“pig intestines”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 豬大腸, 肥腸
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 豬腸子
Cantonese Hong Kong 豬大腸
Southern Min Xiamen 豬腸, 腸仔
Quanzhou 豬腸, 腸仔
Zhangzhou 豬腸, 腸仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 豬腸仔
New Taipei (Pingxi) 豬腸仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 豬腸仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 腸仔
Tainan (Anping) 豬腸仔
Bangkok (Teochew) 豬番
Singapore (Teochew) 豬番
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