冬甩

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (冬甩)		冬	甩

Etymology

Borrowed from English donut.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ lat¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ lat¹
    • Yale: dūng lāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ lat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ led¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ lɐt̚⁵/

Noun

冬甩

1. (Cantonese) donut
   • 2009, 蔡象文, 香港鬧市小登山之浪漫遊食版, Hong Kong: 青馬文化事業出版, →ISBN, page 19:

     自從Krispy Kreme全線撤出香港後，各位冬甩迷為此失落了一段日子，甜甜圈之於他們來說，彷彿有一種神奇的內置功能，吃，快樂；不吃，失落。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     自从Krispy Kreme全线撤出香港后，各位冬甩迷为此失落了一段日子，甜甜圈之于他们来说，仿佛有一种神奇的内置功能，吃，快乐；不吃，失落。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zi⁶ cung⁴ Krispy Kreme cyun⁴ sin³ cit³ ceot¹ hoeng¹ gong² hau⁶, gok³ wai^6-2 dung¹ lat¹ mai⁴ wai⁶ ci² sat¹ lok⁶ liu⁵ jat¹ dyun⁶ jat⁶ zi², tim⁴ tim⁴ hyun¹ zi¹ jyu¹ taa¹ mun⁴ loi⁴ syut³, fong² fat¹ jau⁵ jat¹ zung² san⁴ kei⁴ dik¹ noi⁶ zi³ gung¹ nang⁴, hek³, faai³ lok⁶; bat¹ hek³, sat¹ lok⁶. [Jyutping]

     Since all Krispy Kreme branches withdrew from Hong Kong, the donut fans were disheartened for a while because of this. To them, donuts were as if they had a kind of magical built-in function: you'll be happy when you eat it, but sad when you don't.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 甜甜圈 (“doughnut”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		甜甜圈
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	甜甜圈, 多拿滋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	冬甩
Southern Min	Chaozhou	甜甜箍

Derived terms

• 冬甩球