牛皮糖

Chinese

		cattle hide; big talk; bragging cattle hide; big talk; bragging; boasting	sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (牛皮糖)		牛皮	糖
simp. ^#(牛皮糖)		牛皮	糖

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúpítáng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ pei⁴ tong^4-2
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnieu-bi₆-daon₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúpítáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióupítáng
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-pʻi²-tʻang²
  - Yale: nyóu-pí-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioupyitarng
  - Palladius: нюпитан (njupitan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ pei⁴ tong^4-2
  - Yale: ngàuh pèih tóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ pei⁴ tong^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ péi⁴ tong^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ pʰei̯²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-bi₆-daon₆
  - MiniDict: nyeu^去 bi^去 daon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyieu-bi₃-daan₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ²² bi⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

Noun

牛皮糖

a sweet, flat cake with white sesame coating
(Shanghainese) procrastinator
(Shanghainese) a clingy person