名片
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Chinese
| name | card | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (名片) | 名 | 片 | |
| simp. #(名片) | 名 | 片 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ming4 pin3-2
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): ming1 pie3
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-phiàn / bêng--phiàn / bêng-phìⁿ / miâ-phìⁿ
- (Teochew, Peng'im): mian5 piang3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: míngpiàn
- Wade–Giles: ming2-pʻien4
- Yale: míng-pyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingpiann
- Palladius: минпянь (minpjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ming4 pin3-2
- Yale: mìhng pín
- Cantonese Pinyin: ming4 pin3-2
- Guangdong Romanization: ming4 pin3-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɪŋ²¹ pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-phién
- Hakka Romanization System: miangˇ pienˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: miang2 pian3
- Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ pʰi̯en³¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ming1 pie3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /miŋ¹¹ pʰie⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-phiàn
- Tâi-lô: bîng-phiàn
- Phofsit Daibuun: bengphiexn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰiɛn⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰiɛn²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng--phiàn
- Tâi-lô: bîng--phiàn
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-phìⁿ
- Tâi-lô: bîng-phìnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: bengphvix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ pʰĩ²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰĩ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰĩ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: mian5 piang3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miâⁿ phiàng
- Sinological IPA (key): /mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰiaŋ²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
Noun
名片
Synonyms
- (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
- “Entry #2149”, 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., 2025.