# 雪茄
## Chinese

* 雪茄

### Etymology

Borrowed from English cigar via a Southern variety of Chinese.
Folk etymology commonly describes poet Xu Zhimo (1897–1931) as coining this translation in 1924, in a casual conversation with Rabindranath Tagore, on the grounds that the cigar is similar to lotus stem (茄) and the ash is similar to snow (雪). However, this term had already been used in 《出使英法義比四國日記續》, a late 19th century text, and Officialdom Unmasked, a 1903 Northern Wu novel.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuějiā
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syut$^3$ gaa$^1$ / syut$^3$ kaa$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siet-kâ / siè-chia
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): soat-ka
    (Teochew, Peng'im): soh$^4$ gia$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$shiq-ga$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuějiā
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuějia
*** Wade–Giles: hsüeh$^3$-chia$^1$
*** Yale: sywě-jyā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejia
*** Palladius: сюэцзя (sjueczja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuějiār
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuějiar
*** Wade–Giles: hsüeh$^3$-chia$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: sywě-jyār
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejial
*** Palladius: сюэцзяр (sjueczjar)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syut$^3$ gaa$^1$ / syut$^3$ kaa$^1$
*** Yale: syut gā / syut kā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syt$^8$ gaa$^1$ / syt$^8$ kaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xud$^3$ ga$^1$ / xud$^3$ ka$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːt̚³ kaː⁵⁵/, /syːt̚³ kʰaː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet-kâ / siè-chia
*** Hakka Romanization System: xied$^ˋ$ ga$^ˊ$ / xie$^ˇ$ jia
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiad$^5$ ga$^1$ / xie$^2$ jia$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯et̚² ka²⁴/, /si̯e¹¹ t͡si̯a⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-ka
*** Tâi-lô: suat-ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soatkaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: soh$^4$ gia$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: soh kia
*** Sinological IPA : /soʔ²⁻⁴ kia³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$shiq-ga$_6$
*** MiniDict: shih$^入$ ga$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$xiq-ga$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɪʔ³³ ɡa⁴⁴/

### Noun

雪茄
* (～煙) cigar (Classifier: 支 m c; 根 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雪茄, 雪茄煙, 捲煙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 雪茄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 雪茄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 捲煙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 捲煙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 雪茄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雪茄, 呂宋煙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 雪茄 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 雪茄 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 雪茄 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 雪茄 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 雪茄 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 雪茄, 珠律 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 雪茄 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 雪茄 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麻姑煙, 雪茄 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 呂宋煙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 雪茄 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 雪茄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 雪茄 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 雪茄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 雪茄 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 雪茄 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 珠律 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 珠律, 色牙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 珠律 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 珠律 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 珠律, 老果 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 珠律 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 珠律 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 珠律 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 珠律, 雪茄 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 珠律 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 珠律 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 珠律 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雪茄煙, 雪茄 |