豬番

Chinese

		hog; pig; swine	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (豬番)		豬	番
simp. (猪番)		猪	番

Etymology

Euphemism for 豬腸 / 猪肠 (de¹ deng⁵), because 腸 / 肠 (deng⁵, “intestine”) is homophonous to 唐 (deng⁵, “ethnic Chinese”), so it was replaced with its antonym 番 (huang¹, “non-Chinese”) (Yang, 2004).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): de¹ huang¹

Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: de¹ huang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ huang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯ³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³/

Noun

豬番

(Southeast Asian Teochew) pig intestines (food) (Classifier: 條／条 mn-t)
- (Can we date this quote?), 王沙, “猪番呷咸菜（调寄野丫头）”:
  
  猪番咸菜也𠀾坯、食了保家好身材、阿兄食了然条猪番、阿妹食了变做咸菜、猪番咸菜、物碗来、我爱猪番妳爱咸菜。 [Teochew, simp.]
  豬番鹹菜也𠁞坯、食了保家好身材、阿兄食了然條豬番、阿妹食了變做鹹菜、豬番鹹菜、物碗來、我愛豬番妳愛鹹菜。 [Teochew, trad.]
  de¹ huang¹ giam⁵ cai³ ia⁷ bhoi⁶ pai², ziah⁸ liao² bo² gê¹ ho² sêng¹ cai⁵, a¹ hian¹ ziah⁸ liao² riang⁵ diao⁵ de¹ huang¹, a¹ muê⁷ ziah⁸ liao² bin³ zo³ giam⁵ cai³, de¹ huang¹ giam⁵ cai³, muêh⁸ uan² lai⁵, ua² ain³ de¹ huang¹ le² ain³ giam⁵ cai³. [Peng'im]
  Pig intestine with pickled mustard is not bad; if you eat it, you are guaranteed to be in good shape. If brother eats it, he'll be like a pig intestine; if sister eats it, she'll become pickled mustard. Pig intestine with pickled mustard, give me a bowl. I love pig intestine, and you love pickled mustard.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豬大腸 (“pig intestines”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豬大腸, 肥腸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	豬腸子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	豬大腸
Southern Min	Xiamen	豬腸, 腸仔
	Quanzhou	豬腸, 腸仔
	Zhangzhou	豬腸, 腸仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	豬腸仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	豬腸仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	豬腸仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	腸仔
	Tainan (Anping)	豬腸仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	豬番
	Singapore (Teochew)	豬番