名刺

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Chinese

name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
 
thorn; sting; prick
thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
 
trad. (名刺) 名 刺
simp. #(名刺) 名 刺

Etymology

Taiwanese Hokkien mè-sì is borrowed from Japanese 名(めい)刺(し) (meishi, “business card”).

Pronunciation

Note: mè-sì - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

名刺

  1. (literary or Hokkien) visiting card; name card; business card

Usage notes

  • In Mandarin, this word has largely been overtaken by its modern counterpart 名片 (míngpiàn).
  • In Taiwanese Hokkien, this word is as frequently used as 名片 (míngpiàn). Besides, mè-sì, phonologically borrowed from Japanese 名(めい)刺(し) (meishi), is regarded as one of standardized forms.[1][2]
  • In Xiamen Hokkien, this word is dated, synonymous to 門帖／门帖.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 名片 (“name card; business card”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 名刺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 名片
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 名片
Cantonese Guangzhou 咭片, 名片
Hong Kong 咭片
Hakka Meixian 名片
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 名片
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 名片
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 名片
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 名片
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 名片
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 名片
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 名片
Jin Taiyuan 名片
Southern Min Xiamen 名片, 片單, 門帖, 名刺
Quanzhou 名片
Zhangzhou 名片
Tainan 名片, mè-sì GT, 名誌 GT
Manila (Hokkien) 片單
Shantou 名片
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

References

  1. ^ 張裕宏 (Tiuⁿ, Jû-hông), editor (2009), “mè-sì”, in TJ台語白話小詞典 [TJ's Dictionary of Non-Literary Taiwanese] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 365.
  2. ^ “Entry #20463”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名 刺
めい
Grade: 1 		し
Grade: S
on'yomi
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Pronunciation

Noun

名(めい)刺(し) • (meishi) 

  1. business card; calling card.
    名(めい)刺(し)を出(だ)す
    meishi o dasu
    to present one's calling card
    名(めい)刺(し)の渡(わた)し方(かた)と受(う)け取(と)り方(かた)
    meishi no watashikata to uketorikata
    the way of handing over and receiving business cards
    名(めい)刺(し)交(こう)換(かん)
    meishi kōkan
    business card exchange

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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