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名刺

名刺

Chinese

		name; (measure word for persons); place (e.g. among winners)	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
simp. and trad. (名刺)		名	刺

Noun

名刺

visiting card; name card; business card

Usage notes

This word has largely been overtaken by its modern counterpart in Mandarin, 名片 (míngpiàn).

References

(Min Nan) “Entry #31100”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

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

Noun

名刺 ‎(hiragana めいし, romaji meishi)

Business card; calling card.

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): míngcì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
Min Nan (POJ): bêng-chhì / miâ-chhì / mè-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: míngcì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtsyh
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    名刺
    名次
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chhì / miâ-chhì / mè-sì
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-tshì / miâ-tshì / mè-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengchix, miachix, measix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /mia²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /me²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/, /mia²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/, /me⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /mia¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /me²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi¹¹/, /mia²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi¹¹/, /me¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /mia²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /me²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕi²¹/