chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
Hokkien
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese チョコレート (chokorēto).
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
- Tâi-lô: tsioo-kóo-lè-tòo
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ le²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²¹/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹¹/
Noun
chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘
- (Taiwan) chocolate
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 巧克力 (“chocolate”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 巧克力 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 巧克力 |
| Malaysia | 巧克力 | |
| Singapore | 巧克力 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 巧克力 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 巧克力 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 朱古力 |
| Hong Kong | 朱古力 | |
| Macau | 朱古力 | |
| Taishan | 朱古力 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 朱古力 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 朱古力 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 朱古力 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 朱古力 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 朱古力 | |
| Móng Cái | 朱古力 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 朱古力 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 朱古力 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 巧克力 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 巧克力 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 巧克力 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 巧克力 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 巧克力 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 巧克力 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 芝居力 |
| Quanzhou | 芝居力 | |
| Zhangzhou | 芝居力 | |
| Taipei | chio͘-kó͘-lè-tò͘ | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | coklat | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 芝居力 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 芝居力, chocolate, tsokolate | |
| Chaozhou | 朱古力 | |
| Shantou | 朱古力 | |
| Haifeng | 朱古力 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 朱古力 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 巧克力 |
Further reading
- “tsioo-kóo-lè-tòo”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.