佛跳牆

See also: 佛跳墙

Chinese

FWOTD – 28 December 2015

		Buddha; Buddhism	jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	wall
trad. (佛跳牆/佛跳墻)		佛	跳	牆/墻
simp. (佛跳墙)		佛	跳	墙

From several folklores on the cuisine's origin, in which all of them states that when the cuisine was being cooked, it was so aromatic such that a neighbouring Buddhist monk or the Buddha was tempted to jump over the wall.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fótiàoqiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fótiàociáng
  - Wade–Giles: fo²-tʻiao⁴-chʻiang²
  - Yale: fwó-tyàu-chyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fortiawchyang
  - Palladius: фотяоцян (fotjaocjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ tiu³ coeng⁴
  - Yale: faht tiu chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ tiu³ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ tiu³ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² tʰiːu̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭk-tiéu-chiòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ⁵⁻²¹ tʰieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-thiàu-chhiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-thiàu-tshiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudtiaochviuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /hut̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰiau²¹⁻⁴² t͡sʰiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² tʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiũ²³/

佛跳牆