# 塑料
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sùliào, suòliào
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sou$^3$ liu$^{6-2}$ / sok$^3$ liu$^{6-2}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sog$^5$ liau$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): só-lâiu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sok-liāu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): suag$^4$ liao$^7$ / sog$^4$ liao$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$soq-liau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sùliào
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sùliào
*** Wade–Giles: su$^4$-liao$^4$
*** Yale: sù-lyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhliaw
*** Palladius: суляо (suljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sùliàor
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sùliàor
*** Wade–Giles: su$^4$-liao$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: sù-lyàur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhliawl
*** Palladius: суляор (suljaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial, non-standard)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suòliào
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suòliào
*** Wade–Giles: so$^4$-liao$^4$
*** Yale: swò-lyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohliaw
*** Palladius: соляо (soljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suòliàor
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suòliàor
*** Wade–Giles: so$^4$-liao$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: swò-lyàur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suohliawl
*** Palladius: соляор (soljaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sou$^3$ liu$^{6-2}$ / sok$^3$ liu$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: sou líu / sok líu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sou$^3$ liu$^{6-2}$ / sok$^8$ liu$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sou$^3$ liu$^{6-2}$ / sog$^3$ liu$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /sou̯³³ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/, /sɔːk̚³ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sog$^5$ liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɔk̚¹ liau⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: só-lâiu
*** Sinological IPA : /su²¹³⁻⁵³ l̃ɑu²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-liāu
*** Tâi-lô: sok-liāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sokliau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liau²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ liau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ liau²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: suag$^4$ liao$^7$ / sog$^4$ liao$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suak liāu / sok liāu
*** Sinological IPA : /suak̚²⁻⁴ liau¹¹/, /sok̚²⁻⁴ liau¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$soq-liau
*** MiniDict: soh$^入$ liau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$soq-liau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ³³ liɔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

塑料
* (Mainland China) plastic (material)

#### 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 |

#### Descendants

* → Zhuang: suliu

### Adjective

塑料
* (Mainland China, figuratively) poor-quality; substandard; mediocre
* (Mainland China, figuratively) fake; insincere

### Derived terms

* 塑料姐妹花 (sùliào jiěmèihuā)
* 塑料布 (sùliàobù)
* 塑料普通話／塑料普通话 (sùliào pǔtōnghuà)
* 塑料炸彈／塑料炸弹
* 塑料磁
* 塑料花 (sùliàohuā)
* 塑料袋
* 泡沫塑料 (pàomò sùliào)

### References

* 蔡俊明 [Cai Junming], editor (1991), “塑料 suak˨꜔ liau˩”, in 潮州方言詞滙／潮州方言词滙 (Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì), 香港 [Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 [The Chinese University of Hong Kong]