The story
- Hokkien · borrowed from薄餅 /薄饼
- Teochew · borrowed from薄餅 /薄饼
- English todaypopiah
Borrowed from either or both Teochew 薄餅 /薄饼 (boh⁸ bian²) and Hokkien 薄餅 /薄饼 (po̍h-piáⁿ). Compare Thai เปาะเปี๊ยะ (bpɔ̀-bpía), Vietnamese bò bía, Malay popia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.