bá-tah
Hokkien
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese バター (batā), from English butter.
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bá-tah
- Tâi-lô: bá-tah
- Phofsit Daibuun: bafdaq
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taʔ³²/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ba⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taʔ³²/
Noun
bá-tah
- (Taiwan) butter
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 奶油 (“butter”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 奶油 |
| Malaysia | 牛油 | |
| Singapore | 牛油 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 酥油 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 巴得油 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛油 |
| Hong Kong | 牛油 | |
| Dongguan | 牛油 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 牛油 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 牛油 | |
| Hakka | Xingning | 牛油 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 白塔, 乳油 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 白塔, 乳油 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 白塔, 乳油 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 白塔, 乳油 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 乳油, 白塔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 乳油, 白塔 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黃油 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛奶油 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛油 |
| Quanzhou | 牛油 | |
| Zhangzhou | 牛油 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | bá-tah | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 牛油 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 牛油 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 牛油 | |
| Jieyang | 牛油 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 牛油 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 白脫油, 白脫 |
| Ningbo | 白脫 |