塑膠

See also: 塑胶

Chinese

		to model (a figure) in clay	glue; gum
trad. (塑膠)		塑	膠
simp. (塑胶)		塑	胶

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùjiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): sok³ gaau¹, sou³ gaau¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sok² gau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sok-kâu
Min Nan (POJ): sok-ka

Note: sou3 gaau1 - prescriptive.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sok² gau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔk̚⁵⁵ kau³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok-kâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: sog` gau´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sog⁵ gau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sok̚² kau̯²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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/

塑膠

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

Dialectal synonyms of 塑料 (“plastic”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		塑料
Mandarin	Beijing	塑料
	Taiwan	塑膠, 塑料
	Guilin	塑料
	Malaysia	塑膠
	Singapore	塑膠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	塑料, 塑膠, 膠
	Hong Kong	塑膠, 膠
	Taishan	塑膠, 膠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	膠
Hakka	Meixian	塑料
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	塑膠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	塑膠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	塑膠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	塑膠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	塑膠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	塑膠
Min Nan	Xiamen	塑料
	Quanzhou	塑料
	Zhangzhou	塑料
	Tainan	塑膠
	Manila (Hokkien)	塑膠
	Shantou	塑料
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	塑料
	Jieyang	塑料
Wu	Shanghai	塑料

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