吸管

Chinese

 
to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
 
to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
simp. and trad.
(吸管)
variant forms 欶管 Min Nan

Pronunciation


Noun

吸管

  1. drinking straw (Classifier: )
  2. pipette

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吸管 (“drinking straw”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吸管
Mandarin Beijing 吸管兒
Taiwan 吸管
Malaysia 水草
Singapore 水草
Cantonese Guangzhou 飲筒
Hong Kong 飲筒, 飲管
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 唶管
Hsinchu (Hailu) 唶管
Min Nan Taipei 嗍管
Penang 嗍草
Wu Shanghai 吸管
Wenzhou 皮管
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