厚米

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (厚米)		厚	米
simp. #(厚米)		厚	米

Etymology

Borrowed from English homie.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hōumǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡ ㄇㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hōumǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: houmǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hou¹-mi³
    • Yale: hōu-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: houmii
    • Palladius: хоуми (xoumi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: 厚 is pronounced in the first tone to mimic the stress accent on o in homie.

Noun

厚米

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism) homie; intimate friend