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

  (Pinyin): měinǎizī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄞˇ ㄗ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-nái-chu

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• 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/
• 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/

Noun

美乃滋

1. (chiefly Taiwan) mayonnaise

Synonyms

• 沙拉醬／沙拉酱 (shālājiàng)
• 美乃滋醬／美乃滋酱 (měinǎizījiàng)
• 蛋黃醬／蛋黄酱 (dànhuángjiàng)

 

Derived terms

• 美乃滋醬／美乃滋酱 (měinǎizījiàng)