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2025
檳榔西施
檳榔西施
See also:
槟榔西施
Chinese
betel nut
;
areca nut
Xi Shi
trad.
(
檳榔西施
)
檳榔
西施
simp.
(
槟榔西施
)
槟榔
西施
Noun
檳榔西施
“
betel nut beauty
”, referring to the previously common phenomenon of employing (scantily clad) young women to sell betel nuts and cigarettes along the roadsides in Taiwan
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
bīnláng xīshī
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄕ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
ban
1
long
4
sai
1
si
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
bīnláng xīshī
Zhuyin
:
ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄕ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
binlang shishy
IPA
(key)
:
/pin⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
ban
1
long
4
sai
1
si
1
Yale
:
b
ā
n lòhng s
ā
i s
ī
Cantonese Pinyin
:
ban
1
long
4
sai
1
si
1
IPA
(
key
)
:
/pɐn
⁵⁵
lɔːŋ²¹ sɐi̯
⁵⁵
siː
⁵⁵
/
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