食蕳砃

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	potato
trad. (食蕳砃)		食	蕳砃
simp. (食𫈉砃)		食	𫈉砃
alternative forms		食kentang 食kantang 食干冬
Literally: “to eat potatoes”.

Etymology

From 食 (“eat”) +‎ 蕳砃 / 𫈉砃 (“potato”), from Malay kentang (“potato”).

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-kan-tang / chia̍h-kang-tang / chia̍h-kang-tāng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ gang¹ dang¹

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kan-tang
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kan-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqkandafng
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kang-tang
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kang-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqkangdafng
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kang-tāng
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kang-tāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqkangdang
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziah⁸ gang¹ dang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h kang tang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² kaŋ³³⁻²³ taŋ³³/

Verb

食⫽蕳砃 (verb-object)

(Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, of a person of Chinese ethnicity) to act like a Westerner; to be westernized; to not speak any Chinese
- (Can we date this quote?), “阿兄唐山人” (00:00:39 from the start)‎^[1]performed by 牛馬丁:
  
  看人食西餐　學人食干冬 [Teochew, trad.]
  看人食西餐　学人食干冬 [Teochew, simp.]
  toin² nang⁵ ziah⁸ sai¹ cang¹ / oh⁸ nang⁵ ziah⁸ gang¹ dang⁵ [Peng'im]
  see people eating Western meals / imitate them in their Western ways

Descendants

→ English: jiak kentang

See also

(Hokkien) 入番, 番仔戇／番仔戆
香蕉人 (xiāngjiāorén), 半唐番 (bàntángfān)