伊妹兒

See also: 伊妹儿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (伊妹兒)		伊	妹	兒
simp. (伊妹儿)		伊	妹	儿
alternative forms		伊妹 伊媚兒／伊媚儿

Etymology

Borrowed from English e-mail.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīmèir

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄇㄟˋㄦ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ mui⁶ ji⁴, ji¹ mei⁶ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīmèir
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄇㄟˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yimèir
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-mei⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-mèir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: imell
    • Palladius: имэйр (imɛjr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ məɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ mui⁶ ji⁴, ji¹ mei⁶ ji⁴
    • Yale: yī muih yìh, yī meih yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ mui⁶ ji⁴, ji¹ mei⁶ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ mui⁶ yi⁴, yi¹ méi⁶ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ muːi̯²² jiː²¹/, /jiː⁵⁵ mei̯²² jiː²¹/

Noun

伊妹兒

1. (dated, humorous) email

Synonyms

• 電子郵件／电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn)
• 電郵／电邮 (diànyóu)
• 電子函件／电子函件 (diànzǐ hánjiàn)
• (Hokkien) 電子批／电子批, 電批／电批, 電腦批／电脑批

Derived terms

• 伊妹兒地址／伊妹儿地址 (yīmèir dìzhǐ)

 

Verb

伊妹兒

1. (dated, humorous) to email

   • 愛好CD的朋友們，看了我的這篇論文，你是不是也想試一試，歡迎給我伊妹兒，[…] [MSC, trad.]
     爱好CD的朋友们，看了我的这篇论文，你是不是也想试一试，欢迎给我伊妹儿，[…] [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2003 September 19, 庞玲玲, 《反串女性是一门特别的艺术》, on 夏世莲, archived on Internet Archive

     àihào CD de péngyǒu men, kàn le wǒ de zhè piān lùnwén, nǐ shìbùshì yě xiǎng shì yī shì, huānyíng gěi wǒ yīmèir, […] [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)