塑料

Chinese

		to model (a figure) in clay	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
simp. and trad. (塑料)		塑	料

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùliào, suòliào
(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ liu^6-2, sok³ liu^6-2
Min Dong (BUC): só-lâiu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sok-liāu
(Teochew, Peng'im): suag¹ liao⁷ / sog¹ liao⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sùliào
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhliaw
  - IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ ljɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: sùliàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhliaull
  - IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ ljaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial, non-standard)⁺
  - Pinyin: suòliào
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohliaw
  - IPA ^(key): /swɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ljɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: suòliàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohliaull
  - IPA ^(key): /swɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ljaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ liu^6-2, sok³ liu^6-2
  - Yale: sou líu, sok líu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ liu^6-2, sok⁸ liu^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ liu², sog³ liu²
  - IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/, /sɔːk̚³ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: só-lâiu
  - IPA ^(key): /su²¹³⁻⁵³ l̃ɑu²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-liāu
  - Tâi-lô: sok-liāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokliau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liaʊ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ liaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ liaʊ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suag¹ liao⁷ / sog¹ liao⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suak liāu / sok liāu
  - IPA ^(key): /suak³³⁻²³ liau¹¹/, /sok³³⁻²³ liau¹¹/

Noun

塑料

plastic (material)

Synonyms

塑膠／塑胶 (sùjiāo)

Descendants

→ Zhuang: suliu

Adjective

塑料

(figuratively) poor-quality; substandard; mediocre
(figuratively) fake; insincere

Derived terms

塑料姐妹花 (sùliào jiěmèihuā)
塑料布 (sùliàobù)
塑料花 (sùliàohuā)

塑料袋 (sùliàodài)
泡沫塑料 (pàomò sùliào)

References

蔡俊明 (Cai Junming), editor (1991), “塑料 suak˨꜔ liau˩”, in 《潮州方言詞滙》 (Chaozhou fangyan cihui), 香港 (Hong Kong): 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong)