塑膠糖

Chinese

	synthetic resin; plastic cement	sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (塑膠糖)	塑膠	糖
simp. ^#(塑膠糖)	塑膠	糖
Literally: “resin sweet”.

Etymology

Possibly a calque of Malay gula-gula getah (lit. gum sweets) or English gum. Also possibly named after the sweet's resin- or plastic-like texture.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùjiāotáng, suòjiāotáng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄤˊ, ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³ gaau¹ tong^4-2 / sou³ gaau¹ tong^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-ka-thn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùjiāotáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùjiaotáng
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-chiao¹-tʻang²
  - Yale: sù-jyāu-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhjiautarng
  - Palladius: суцзяотан (suczjaotan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suòjiāotáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suòjiaotáng
  - Wade–Giles: so⁴-chiao¹-tʻang²
  - Yale: swò-jyāu-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohjiautarng
  - Palladius: соцзяотан (soczjaotan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sok³ gaau¹ tong^4-2 / sou³ gaau¹ tong^4-2
  - Yale: sok gāau tóng / sou gāau tóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ gaau¹ tong^4-2 / sou³ gaau¹ tong^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sog³ gao¹ tong^4-2 / sou³ gao¹ tong^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ kaːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /sou̯³³ kaːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Note: sou3 gaau1 tong4-2 - variant.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-ka-thn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: sok-ka-thn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokka'tngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³ tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ka⁴⁴⁻²² tʰŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰŋ̍²³/

Noun

塑膠糖

(chiefly Malaysia) chewing gum

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口香糖 (“chewing gum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口香糖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	口香糖
	Malaysia	塑膠糖
	Singapore	口香糖, 香口膠
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	口香糖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	香口膠
	Hong Kong	香口膠
	Taishan	香口膠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	香口膠
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	樹溶糖
Hakka	Meixian	香口膠, 香口糖
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	香口膠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	樹奶糖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	樹奶糖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	樹奶糖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	樹奶糖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	樹奶糖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	樹奶糖
	Singkawang	樹仁糖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	樹奶糖
Southern Min	Xiamen	樹奶糖
	Quanzhou	樹奶糖
	Zhangzhou	樹奶糖
	Taipei	樹奶糖
	Kaohsiung	樹奶糊
	Yilan	樹奶糖
	Changhua (Lukang)	樹奶糖
	Taichung	樹奶糖
	Taichung (Wuqi)	樹奶糖
	Tainan	樹奶糖
	Taitung	樹奶糖
	Hsinchu	樹奶糖
	Penghu (Magong)	樹奶糖
	Penang (Hokkien)	樹奶糖
	Singapore (Hokkien)	樹奶糖
	Shantou	香口膠
	Puning	香口膠