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2024
索尼
索尼
Chinese
to search; to demand; to ask
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
simp.
and
trad.
(
索尼
)
索
尼
Proper noun
索尼
Sony
, a Japanese company known for consumer electronics
Etymology
From the Japanese-English
calque
Sony
, itself a combination of Latin
sonus
(the root of English
sonic
/
sound
) and
sonny
, a familiar term for a boy used in 1950s America.
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
Suǒní
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
sok
3
nei
4
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
Suǒní
Zhuyin
:
ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄧˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
Suooni
IPA
(key)
:
/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ni³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
sok
3
nei
4
Yale
:
sok nèih
Cantonese Pinyin
:
sok
8
nei
4
IPA
(
key
)
:
/sɔːk̚³ nei̯²¹/
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