塑膠
See also: 塑胶
Chinese
to model (a figure) in clay | glue; gum | ||
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trad. (塑膠) | 塑 | 膠 | |
simp. (塑胶) | 塑 | 胶 |
Pronunciation
Noun
塑膠
- synthetic resin; plastic cement (used as flooring material, etc.)
- (regional, including Taiwan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore) plastic (material)
- (figurative, Taiwan, neologism, slang) someone or something that is unimportant and thus ignored
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 塑料 (“plastic”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 塑料 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 塑料 |
Taiwan | 塑膠, 塑料 | |
Guilin | 塑料 | |
Malaysia | 塑膠 | |
Singapore | 塑膠 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 塑料, 塑膠, 膠 |
Hong Kong | 塑膠, 膠 | |
Taishan | 塑膠, 膠 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 膠 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 塑料 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 塑膠 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 塑膠 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 塑膠 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 塑膠 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 塑膠 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 塑膠 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 塑料 |
Quanzhou | 塑料 | |
Zhangzhou | 塑料 | |
Tainan | 塑膠 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 塑膠 | |
Shantou | 塑料 | |
Shantou (Chaoyang) | 塑料 | |
Jieyang | 塑料 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 塑料 |
Derived terms
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See also
- 樹膠/树胶 (shùjiāo)
Verb
塑膠
- (Taiwan, neologism, slang) to ignore someone; to not pay attention to someone (as if he/she is made of plastic)
- 被塑膠/被塑胶 ― bèi sùjiāo ― to be ignored
Further reading
- (Min Nan pronunciation audio) “Entry #9428”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.