美乃滋
Chinese
| beautiful; beauty; America | to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon |
excite; nourish; this | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (美乃滋) | 美 | 乃 | 滋 | |
| simp. #(美乃滋) | 美 | 乃 | 滋 | |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English mayonnaise.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: měinǎizī [Phonetic: méinǎizī]
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄞˇ ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: měinǎizih
- Wade–Giles: mei3-nai3-tzŭ1
- Yale: měi-nǎi-dz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeinaetzy
- Palladius: мэйнайцзы (mɛjnajczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-nái-chu
- Tâi-lô: bí-nái-tsu
- Phofsit Daibuun: bynayzw
- IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
美乃滋
- (chiefly Taiwan) mayonnaise