米粩

Chinese

		rice; metre
trad. (米粩)		米	粩
simp. ^#(米粩)		米	粩
alternative forms		米佬

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-láu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-láu
  - Tâi-lô: bí-láu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bylao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lau⁴¹/

Noun

米粩

(Hokkien) sugarcoated hollow puffed rice confection

See also

荖花 / 蓼花 (liǎohuā)
麻粩 / 麻米粩仔

Further reading

Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bí-láu”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 296; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 296

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