# 塑膠
## Chinese

* 塑膠 (Cantonese)
* 塑膠 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sùjiāo, suòjiāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ, ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sok$^3$ gaau$^1$ / sou$^3$ gaau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sok$^2$ gau$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sok-kâu
    (Hailu, HRS): sog gau$^ˋ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-ka
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sùjiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sùjiao
*** Wade–Giles: su$^4$-chiao$^1$
*** Yale: sù-jyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhjiau
*** Palladius: суцзяо (suczjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /su⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suòjiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suòjiao
*** Wade–Giles: so$^4$-chiao$^1$
*** Yale: swò-jyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohjiau
*** Palladius: соцзяо (soczjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sok$^3$ gaau$^1$ / sou$^3$ gaau$^1$
*** Yale: sok gāau / sou gāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sok$^8$ gaau$^1$ / sou$^3$ gaau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sog$^3$ gao$^1$ / sou$^3$ gao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔːk̚³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/, /sou̯³³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sok$^2$ gau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔk̚⁵⁵ kau³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok-kâu
*** Hakka Romanization System: sog$^ˋ$ gau$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sog$^5$ gau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sok̚² kau̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sog gau$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /sok⁵⁻² kau⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-ka
*** Tâi-lô: sok-ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sokkaf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/

### Noun

塑膠
* synthetic resin; plastic cement (used as flooring material, etc.)
* (regional, including Taiwan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Malaysian, Singapore and Philippine Hokkien) plastic (material)
* (figurative, Taiwan, neologism, slang) someone or something that is unimportant and thus ignored

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 塑料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 塑料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 塑膠, 塑料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 塑膠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 塑膠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 塑料 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 塑料, 塑膠, 膠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 塑膠, 膠 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 塑膠, 膠 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 膠 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塑料 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 塑膠 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 塑膠 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 塑膠 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 塑膠 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 塑膠 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 塑膠 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 塑膠 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 塑膠 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 塑膠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 塑料 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 塑料 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 塑料 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 塑膠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 塑膠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 塑料 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 塑料 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 塑料 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 塑料 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 塑膠 |

#### Derived terms

* 三聚氰胺塑膠／三聚氰胺塑胶
* 塑膠工業／塑胶工业
* 塑膠布／塑胶布
* 塑膠炸彈／塑胶炸弹
* 塑膠玻璃／塑胶玻璃
* 塑膠簏仔／塑胶簏仔
* 塑膠絡仔／塑胶络仔
* 塑膠花／塑胶花
* 塑膠袋／塑胶袋
* 塑膠袋仔／塑胶袋仔 (sok-ka-tē-á)
* 塑膠貨幣／塑胶货币
* 工程塑膠／工程塑胶
* 氟碳塑膠／氟碳塑胶
* 泡沫塑膠／泡沫塑胶

#### See also

* 樹膠／树胶 (shùjiāo)

### Verb

塑膠
* (Taiwan, neologism, slang) to ignore someone; to not pay attention to someone (as if he/she is made of plastic)
    被塑膠／被塑胶 ― bèi sùjiāo ― to be ignored

### Further reading

* (Min Nan pronunciation audio) “Entry #9428”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.