麻糬

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (麻糬)		麻	糬
simp. ^#(麻糬)		麻	糬
alternative forms		𫃎糬麻薯𫃎⿰米薯

Etymology

Possibly related to Japanese 餅(もち) (mochi)

From Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ syu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): môa-chî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máshǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ma²-shu³
  - Yale: má-shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mashuu
  - Palladius: машу (mašu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁴ syu⁴
  - Yale: màh syùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ sy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ xu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ syː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-chî
  - Tâi-lô: muâ-tsî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moacii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³⁻³³ t͡si²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si²⁴/

Noun

麻糬

(chiefly Taiwan, Malaysia) rice cake made from glutinous rice; muah chee; mochi

See also

麻糍 (mácí)
糍粑 (cíbā)
年糕 (niángāo)
磨嘰／磨叽 (mòji)