必勝客
Chinese edit
to be sure of victory; to be bound to win; cannot fail | customer; visitor; guest | ||
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trad. (必勝客) | 必勝 | 客 | |
simp. (必胜客) | 必胜 | 客 | |
Literally: “bound to win customers”. |
Etymology edit
Phono-semantic matching of English Pizza Hut, via Cantonese.
Pronunciation edit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Bìshèngkè
- Wade–Giles: Pi4-shêng4-kʻo4
- Yale: Bì-shèng-kè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bihshenqkeh
- Palladius: Бишэнкэ (Bišɛnkɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bit1 sing3 haak3
- Yale: bīt sing haak
- Cantonese Pinyin: bit7 sing3 haak8
- Guangdong Romanization: bid1 xing3 hag3
- Sinological IPA (key): /piːt̚⁵ sɪŋ³³ haːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun edit
必勝客
- Pizza Hut (brand)