瑪芬 / 玛芬
mǎfēn
The English phrase "muffin" can be translated into Chinese as 瑪芬 / 玛芬 (mǎfēn) or 鬆餅 / 松饼.
Meaning: cupcake-shaped baked good, American muffin (noun)
Ways to say it
| Chinese | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| 瑪芬 / 玛芬 | mǎfēn |
| 鬆餅 / 松饼 | sōngbǐng |
You can use 巧克力玛芬 to mean chocolate muffin and 香蕉核桃麦芬 to mean banana walnut muffin.
Which one should you use?
瑪芬 / 玛芬 is a phonetic transliteration of the English word "muffin" and is used specifically to refer to the American-style muffin.
How do you pronounce it?
mǎfēn
Did you know?
- The term 鬆餅 is a linguistic umbrella that can refer to muffins, pancakes, or waffles depending on the region and the bakery.
- The character 瑪 in 瑪芬 is the same character used to write 'agate' or 'marble', chosen for its phonetic similarity to the English 'mu'.
- If you ask for a 鬆餅 in a traditional Cantonese breakfast shop, you might be served a fried dough snack rather than a Western-style muffin.
Examples in context
- 我想吃一个玛芬。I want to eat a muffin.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “muffin” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
