雪茄
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (雪茄) | 雪 | 茄 | |
| simp. #(雪茄) | 雪 | 茄 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English cigar via a Southern variety of Chinese.
Folk etymology commonly describes poet Xu Zhimo (1897–1931) as coining this translation in 1924, in a casual conversation with Rabindranath Tagore, on the grounds that the cigar is similar to lotus stem (茄) and the ash is similar to snow (雪). However, this term had already been used in 《出使英法義比四國日記續》, a late 19th century text, and Officialdom Unmasked, a 1903 novel.
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 雪茄 (“cigar”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雪茄, 雪茄煙, 捲煙 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 雪茄 |
| Jinan | 雪茄 | |
| Wanrong | 捲煙 | |
| Xi'an | 捲煙 | |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 雪茄 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 呂宋煙 |
| Hong Kong | 雪茄 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 雪茄 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 雪茄 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 雪茄 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 雪茄, 珠律 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 雪茄 | |
| Móng Cái | 雪茄 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麻姑煙 |
| Yudu | 呂宋煙 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 雪茄 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 雪茄 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 雪茄 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 雪茄 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 雪茄 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 雪茄 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 珠律 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 珠律, 色牙 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 珠律 | |
| Quanzhou | 珠律 | |
| Zhangzhou | 珠律, 老果 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 珠律 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 珠律 | |
| Jieyang | 珠律, 雪茄 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 珠律 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雪茄煙, 雪茄 |
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