地瓜腔

Chinese

		sweet potato; jicama	cavity of body; tune
trad. (地瓜腔)		地瓜	腔
simp. ^#(地瓜腔)		地瓜	腔
Literally: “sweet potato accent”.

Etymology

Coined because sweet potatoes feature heavily in the cuisines of Taiwan and the Hokkien-speaking regions of mainland China.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìguāqiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚㄑㄧㄤ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìguāqiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚㄑㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìguaciang
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-kua¹-chʻiang¹
  - Yale: dì-gwā-chyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihguachiang
  - Palladius: дигуацян (diguacjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

地瓜腔

strong non-native accent of native Hokkien speakers when speaking Mandarin

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