榻榻米

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Chinese

		couch	couch	phonetic
trad. (榻榻米)		榻	榻	米
simp. ^#(榻榻米)		榻	榻	米
alternative forms		塌塌米他他米

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching from Japanese 畳(たたみ) (tatami).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàtàmǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³ taap³ mai⁵ / taa¹ taa¹ mi¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tha-tha-mí

(Hailu, HRS): ta ta mi^ˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tha-thá-mih

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàtàmǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàtàmǐ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-tʻa⁴-mi³
  - Yale: tà-tà-mǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahtahmii
  - Palladius: татами (tatami)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taap³ taap³ mai⁵ / taa¹ taa¹ mi¹
  - Yale: taap taap máih / tā tā mī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸ taap⁸ mai⁵ / taa¹ taa¹ mi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tab³ tab³ mei⁵ / ta¹ ta¹ mi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːp̚³ tʰaːp̚³ mɐi̯¹³/, /tʰaː⁵⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ miː⁵⁵/

Note: taa1 taa1 mi1 - directly borrowed from Japanese.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tha-tha-mí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ta ta mi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ta⁴ ta⁴ mi³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰa⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵ mi³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ta ta mi^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰa⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵ mi²⁴/

Note: Directly borrowed from Japanese.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-thá-mih
  - Tâi-lô: tha-thá-mih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ta'tafmiq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/

Note: Directly borrowed from Japanese.

Noun

榻榻米

tatami (straw matting in Japanese houses)

See also

草蓆／草席 (cǎoxí)

References

“榻榻米”, 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.
“Entry #15169”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.

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