巧克力

巧克力

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巧克力)		巧	克	力

Etymology

Borrowed from English chocolate.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎokèlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² hak¹ lik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiàu-kher-lí / chhiàu-khér-lí / chhiàu-kho-lí
• Min Nan (POJ): khiáu-khek-le̍k / khiáu-khiak-lia̍k
• Wu (Wiktionary): qiau kheq liq (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiǎokèlì → qiǎokelì (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ → ㄑㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˋ (toneless variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheau.kehlih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ kʰə⁴ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau² hak¹ lik⁶
    • Yale: háau hāk lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau² hak⁷ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao² heg¹ lig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /häːu̯³⁵ hɐk̚⁵ lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiàu-kher-lí / chhiàu-khér-lí
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiauˇ ker li` / qiauˇ ker` li`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiau<sup>2</sup> ker<sup>4</sup> li<sup>3</sup> / qiau<sup>2</sup> ker<sup>3</sup> li<sup>3</sup>
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯au̯¹¹ kʰə⁵⁵ li³¹/, /t͡ɕʰi̯au̯¹¹ kʰə³¹ li³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiàu-kho-lí / chhiàu-khér-lí
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiauˇ ko li` / qiauˇ ker` li`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiau² ko⁴ li³ / qiau² ker³ li³
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯au̯¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵ li³¹/, /t͡ɕʰi̯au̯¹¹ kʰə³¹ li³¹/

Note: from Mandarin.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiáu-khek-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khiáu-khik-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw'qeklek
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiáu-khiak-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khiáu-khiak-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaw'qiakliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liak̚²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: qiau kheq liq (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiɔ³³ kʰəʔ⁵⁵ li̯ɪʔ²¹/

Noun

巧克力

1. chocolate

   酒心巧克力  ―  jiǔ xīn qiǎokèlì  ―  liqueur chocolate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 巧克力 (“chocolate”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		巧克力
Mandarin	Beijing	巧克力
	Taiwan	巧克力
	Malaysia	巧克力
	Singapore	巧克力
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朱古力
	Hong Kong	朱古力
	Taishan	朱古力
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	巧克力
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	巧克力
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	巧克力
	Dongshi (Dabu)	巧克力
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	巧克力
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	巧克力
Min Nan	Xiamen	芝居力
	Quanzhou	芝居力
	Zhangzhou	芝居力
	Taipei	chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
	Penang	coklat
	Singapore	芝居力
Wu	Shanghai	巧克力

Derived terms

三角巧克力 (sānjiǎo qiǎokèlì) 巧克力囊腫／巧克力囊肿 (qiǎokèlì nángzhǒng) 巧克力塊／巧克力块 (qiǎokèlì kuài) 巧克力奶 (qiǎokèlìnǎi) 巧克力棒 (qiǎokèlì bàng)

巧克力派 (qiǎokèlì pài) 巧克力蛋糕 (qiǎokèlì dàngāo) 巧克力豆 (qiǎokèlìdòu) 果仁巧克力 (guǒrén qiǎokèlì) 熱巧克力／热巧克力 (rè qiǎokèlì)