Nougat is pronounced: niú gá táng

Nougat is pronounced "gá" because the word is translated from the French word nougat. Nougat is a "phonetic" name, and should be pronounced ga according to its French pronunciation.

"Nougat" is known by different names in different regions, but the pronunciation is basically similar, for example, it is also known as "Bird's Knot" or "Newt's Knot". "or nougat (in Macau). And nougat comes from the Latin word Nux, which originally meant nut.

Expanded Information

Of course, some people pronounce it as "niú zhá táng" (牛轧糖niú zhá táng), because some people believe that the word "nougat" was used by the Chinese Ming Dynasty as a commercial chariot. In order to thank Emperor Wenchang dream to make his three yuan and first, according to the dream made.

Made of maltose, peanuts, rice, etc., and kneaded into the shape of a cow, so it is called nougat, but after the sugar kneaded into the shape of a cow is really not easy, and the production rate is slower, so it is directly cut into a rectangular shape for sale.