塑料
Chinese
| to model (a figure) in clay | material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (塑料) | 塑 | 料 | |
| simp. #(塑料) | 塑 | 料 | |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 塑料 (“plastic”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 塑料 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 塑料 |
| Taiwan | 塑膠, 塑料 | |
| Guilin | 塑料 | |
| Malaysia | 塑膠 | |
| Singapore | 塑膠 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 塑料, 塑膠, 膠 |
| Hong Kong | 塑膠, 膠 | |
| Taishan | 塑膠, 膠 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 膠 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塑料 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 塑膠 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 塑膠 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 塑膠 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 塑膠 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 塑膠 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 塑膠 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 塑料 |
| Quanzhou | 塑料 | |
| Zhangzhou | 塑料 | |
| Tainan | 塑膠 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 塑膠 | |
| Shantou | 塑料 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 塑料 | |
| Jieyang | 塑料 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 塑料 |
Descendants
- → Zhuang: suliu
Adjective
塑料
- (Mainland China, figuratively) poor-quality; substandard; mediocre
- (Mainland China, figuratively) fake; insincere
Derived terms
References
- 蔡俊明 [Cai Junming], editor (1991), “塑料 suak˨꜔ liau˩”, in 潮州方言詞滙/潮州方言词滙 (Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì), 香港 (Xiānggǎng) [Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學/香港中文大学 [the Chinese University of Hong Kong]
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