to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale |
to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (吸管) | 吸 | 管 | |
| simp. #(吸管) | 吸 | 管 | |
吸管
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吸管 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吸管兒 |
| Taiwan | 吸管 | |
| Malaysia | 吸管, 水草 | |
| Singapore | 吸管, 水草 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吸管兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吸管 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 吸管, 飲筒 |
| Hong Kong | 飲筒, 飲管 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 水草 | |
| Ipoh (Guangfu) | 水草 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 水草 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 唶管 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 唰管 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 嗍管 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 吸管 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 唰管仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 唶管 | |
| Sabah (Bao'an) | 水草 | |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蔥管 |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 嗍管 | |
| Kaohsiung | 嗍管 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 嗍管 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 嗍管 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 嗍管 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 嗍管 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 嗍管 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 嗍草 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 水草 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 嗍管 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吸管 |
| Wenzhou | 皮管 | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 吸管 – see 嗍管 (“drinking straw”). (This term is a variant form of 嗍管). |