饅頭
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饅頭 (1)
饅頭
See also: 馒头
Chinese
| head; (noun suffix) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (饅頭) | 饅 | 頭 | |
| simp. (馒头) | 馒 | 头 | |
| alternative forms | 曼頭／曼头 蠻頭／蛮头 | ||
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Connection to Central Asian manti?”)
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): man2 tou2
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): mántou
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maan6 tau4 / maan4 tau4
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): meng3 taau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): màn-thèu / mân-thèu
- Eastern Min (BUC): màng-*tàu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang2 tao2
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): maan4 tau4
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): monn2 dou
- (Hengyang, Wiktionary): man2 dou2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mánto̊u
- Wade–Giles: man2-tʻou5
- Yale: mán-tou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man.tou
- Palladius: маньтоу (manʹtou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /män³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, literary or regional variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mántóu
- Wade–Giles: man2-tʻou2
- Yale: mán-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mantour
- Palladius: маньтоу (manʹtou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /män³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: man2 tou2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mantou
- Sinological IPA (key): /man²¹ tʰəu²¹/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: mántou
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): man2 tou0
- Sinological IPA (key): /mã²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰəɯ/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 tau4 / maan4 tau4
- Yale: maahn tàuh / màahn tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 tau4 / maan4 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 teo4 / man4 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² tʰɐu̯²¹/, /maːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: maan4 tau4 - rare.
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: meng3 taau4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛŋ³² tʰau²¹/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màn-thèu
- Hakka Romanization System: manˇ teuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: man2 teu2
- Sinological IPA: /man¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mân-thèu
- Hakka Romanization System: manˊ teuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: man1 teu2
- Sinological IPA: /man²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: màng-*tàu
- Sinological IPA (key): /maŋ⁵³⁻³³ tʰau⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: mang2 tao2
- Sinological IPA (key): /maŋ¹³⁻²¹ (tʰ-)nau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: mang2 tao2
- Sinological IPA (key): /maŋ¹³⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-thâu
- Tâi-lô: bān-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: baxntaau
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Taichung)
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán-thâu
- Tâi-lô: bán-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: bafntaau
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhuêng6 tao5 / mang6 tao5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buĕng thâu / măng thâu
- Sinological IPA (key): /bueŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/, /maŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: maan4 tau4
- Sinological IPA (key): /man²¹ tʰəu²¹/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: monn2 dou
- Sinological IPA (key): /mõ¹³ təu̯³/
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: man2 dou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /man¹¹ d̥ɘu̯¹¹/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: man duw
Noun
饅頭
- Chinese steamed bun (without filling); mantou
- (Wu) steamed bun with filling; baozi
- 小籠饅頭／小笼馒头 [Shanghainese] ― 5shiau-lon 6moe-deu [Wugniu] ― xiaolongbao
- 生煎饅頭／生煎馒头 [Shanghainese] ― 1san-ci1 6moe-deu [Wugniu] ― shengjianbao
- (archaic) steamed bun (with or without filling)
- (figurative, slang) breast; tits
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 包子 (“steamed bun (with filling)”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (饅頭):
Others:
- → Amis: manto
- → Bunun: mantu
- → English: mantou
- → French: mantou
- → Manchu: ᠮᡝᠨᡨᡠ (mentu)
- → Mongolian: мантуу (mantuu)
- →? Ottoman Turkish: مانطی (mantı)
- → Paiwan: mantu
- → Russian: маньтоу (manʹtou)
- → Sakizaya: mantu
- → Taroko: manto
- → Thai: หมั่นโถว (màn-tǒow)
- → Vietnamese: màn thầu
- → Zhuang: manzdouz
See also
Pronunciation 2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-thâu
- Tâi-lô: bīn-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: bixntaau
- IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-thâu
- Tâi-lô: bîn-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: bintaau
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-thâu
- Tâi-lô: bān-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: baxntaau
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-thâu
- Tâi-lô: būn-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: buxntaau
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
饅頭
- (Hokkien) Alternative form of 麵頭 / 面头 (miàntóu, “mantou used during the hundredth day commemoration of one's parent's death”)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 饅 | 頭 |
| まん Hyōgai |
じゅう Grade: 2 |
| tōon | |
Etymology
Note that in Modern Standard Chinese, 饅頭 means an unfilled bun; 包子 (bāozi) is the term for a filled bun.
Pronunciation
Noun
饅頭 • (manjū) ←まんぢゆう (mandyuu)?
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: manju
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 饅 | 頭 |