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榻榻米

榻榻米

Chinese

		couch	couch	(measure word) meter; rice
simp. and trad. (榻榻米)		榻	榻	米
alt. forms		塌塌米他他米

Noun

榻榻米

tatami (straw matting in Japanese houses)

See also

草蓆

Etymology

Transliteration from Japanese 畳 (たたみ) ‎(tatami).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tàtàmǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³ taap³ mai⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tha-tha-mí
Min Nan (POJ): tha-thá-mih

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàtàmǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahtahmii
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰa̠⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taap³ taap³ mai⁵
  - Yale: taap taap máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸ taap⁸ mai⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːp̚³ tʰɑːp̚³ mɐi̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tha-tha-mí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ta ta mi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ta⁴ ta⁴ mi³
  - IPA: /tʰa⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵ mi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-thá-mih
  - Tâi-lô: tha-thá-mih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ta'tafmiq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰa³³ tʰa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miʔ³²/