板鴨

See also: 板鸭

Chinese

		board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab	duck
trad. (板鴨)		板	鴨
simp. (板鸭)		板	鸭

Etymology

“(slang) Spain”

From 西班牙 (Xībānyá), wordplayingly clipped and morphed to a pre-existing expression.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎnyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˇ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan² aap^3-2
• Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): bang³ a²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎnyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˇ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎnya
    • Wade–Giles: pan³-ya¹
    • Yale: bǎn-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baania
    • Palladius: банья (banʹja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan² aap^3-2
    • Yale: báan áap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan² aap^8-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban² ab^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn³⁵ aːp̚³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Changting)
    • Changting Pinyin: bang³ a²
    • Sinological IPA: /paŋ⁴² a²⁴/

Noun

板鴨

1. pressed (dried) salted duck

Proper noun

板鴨

1. (Mainland China, slang, neologism) Spain (a country)

References

• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “板鸭”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 13.