Nougat or nougat?

Nougat, as a typical transliteration word, is more similar to the pronunciation of Niugá in English, and it seems more reasonable to pronounce it as Niugá sugar. However, in the previous "News Network", the more unified pronunciation was Niuzha (zhá) sugar.

Then, it is really difficult to have a standard to determine the pronunciation of some foreign language translations. There is no uniform definition of nougat at present. In Taiwan Province Province, nougat (gá) sugar is commonly pronounced, and "zhá sugar" is said in the news broadcast, which seems to be the most common pronunciation in Chinese mainland at present.

Historical origin

It is said that Shang Lu, a juror of Ming Dynasty in China (who won the first place in palace examination according to the ten-year examination of the orthodox history of Ming Dynasty), did it according to the dream practice in order to thank Wenchang Emperor for his dream. Made from maltose, peanuts, rice, etc. Knead into the shape of a cow and call it nougat.

But later, because it was not easy to knead the sugar into the shape of a cow and the production speed was slow, it was directly cut into rectangles and sold. Later, foreign missionaries spread this candy to the west, and it became one of the most popular candy in foreign countries.