油麻地

Chinese

		sesame	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (油麻地)		油麻	地
simp. #(油麻地)		油麻	地
alternative forms		油蔴地／油麻地 dated

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yóumádì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ maa⁴ dei^6-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu-mo-di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yóumádì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yóumádì
    • Wade–Giles: Yu²-ma²-ti⁴
    • Yale: Yóu-má-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Youmadih
    • Palladius: Юмади (Jumadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ mä³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ maa⁴ dei^6-2
    • Yale: yàuh màh déi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ maa⁴ dei^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ ma⁴ déi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ maː²¹ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu-mo-di
    • MiniDict: yeu^去 mo di
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-mo-di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² mo⁵⁵ di²¹/

Proper noun

油麻地

1. Yau Ma Tei (an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong)

Descendants

• → English: Yau Ma Tei, Yaumatei, Yaumati