芝居力

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (芝居力)		芝	居	力
simp. #(芝居力)		芝	居	力
alternative forms		之龜力／之龟力 芝車力／芝车力 芝龜叻／芝龟叻

Etymology

Ultimately from English chocolate, possibly via Malay coklat.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-ku-la̍t / chiak-ku-la̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore, dated in Taiwan, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-ku-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-ku-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ci'kulat
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² lat̚⁴³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡si³³ ku³³ lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² lat̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak-ku-la̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsiak-ku-la̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciakkulah
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ku³³ laʔ²⁴/

Noun

芝居力

1. (Hokkien, dated in Taiwanese Hokkien) chocolate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 巧克力 (“chocolate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
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