華夫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (華夫)		華	夫
simp. (华夫)		华	夫

Etymology

Borrowed from English waffle or Dutch wafel, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huáfū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ fu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gho-fu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huáfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huáfu
  - Wade–Giles: hua²-fu¹
  - Yale: hwá-fū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwafu
  - Palladius: хуафу (xuafu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁴ fu¹
  - Yale: wàh fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ fu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹ fuː⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gho-fu
  - MiniDict: gho^去 fu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hho-fu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦo²² fu⁴⁴/

Noun

華夫

waffle

Synonyms

壓花蛋餅 / 压花蛋饼
格仔餅 / 格仔饼 (Cantonese)
格子餅 / 格子饼
格子鬆餅 / 格子松饼
窩夫 / 窝夫 (wōfū)
華夫餅 / 华夫饼 (huáfūbǐng)
鬆餅 / 松饼 (sōngbǐng) (Taiwan)