麻花兒

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Chinese

fried dough twist; wearing thin; worn out son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (麻花兒) 麻花 兒
simp. (麻花儿) 麻花 儿

Pronunciation

Noun

麻花兒

  1. (Mandarin, Jin) Erhua form of 麻花 (máhuā, “fried dough twist”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麻花 (“fried dough twist”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麻花
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 麻花兒
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 麻花
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 麻花兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 麻花兒
Xi'an 麻糖, 麻花
Xining 麻花兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 麻花子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 麻花兒
Guiyang 麻花
Liuzhou 麻花
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 麻花
Yangzhou 麻花子
Gan Nanchang 麻花
Pingxiang 麻花絲
Huizhou Jixi 麵線
Jin Taiyuan 麻花兒
Xinzhou 麻花子
Southern Min Tainan 枷車藤 GT
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麻花
Wu Shanghai 脆麻花, 絞連棒
Xiang Loudi 麻花

Descendants

  • → Japanese: 麻(マ)花(ファー)兒(ル) (mafāru)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麻 花 兒
ま
Grade: S 		ふぁー
Grade: 1 		る
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 麻花兒 / 麻花儿 (máhuār).

Pronunciation

Noun

麻花兒(マファール) • (mafāru) 

  1. mahua, a Chinese snack also associated with Japanese Chinatowns
    Synonym: (Nagasaki) よりより (yoriyori)
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